HCL Connections Ideas Portal

Welcome to the HCL Connections Product Ideas Lab! The place where you can submit product ideas and enhancement request. We encourage you to participate by voting on, commenting on, and creating new ideas. All new ideas will be evaluated by the HCL Product Management & Engineering teams, and the next steps will be communicated. While not all submitted ideas will be executed upon, community feedback will play a key role in influencing which ideas are and when they will be implemented.

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    Open files directly in specific applications from within the browser

    If users are receiving file links, the files get previewed within the browser. If they then want to edit the file directly in the specific application and not in the online editor the file needs to be downloaded, saved in an intermediate place and...
    almost 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 1 Already Exists

    TinyMCE - clear text formatting when applying Heading so default Heading formatting applies

    Requesting the ability to choose whether applying a Heading formatting clears prior text formatting selections so that the text is treated in the default manner. This can be via a config or via a pop-up option. Right now, applying a Heading format...
    over 1 year ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review

    Make community logo resize value (155x155) configurable

    When a community logo is uploaded, connections automatically resizes the image to 155x155. Currently this value can't be changed. A customer has changed the width of left column in the communities pages, so they can better fit some custom widgets....
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Future Consideration

    Changing community security level

    If a community is setup initially to only allow internal access this cannot be changed later to allow external users access. A new community must then be created for external users.
    almost 7 years ago in 02. Communities 1 Future Consideration

    possibility to add a document bookmark (anchor) in wikis with Tiny MCE

    Users cannot set document bookmarks in a wiki using the Tiny MCE editor. Our users request this feature. The users need the functionality in wikis to set document bookmarks.
    over 5 years ago in 13. Other 2 Future Consideration

    Newly created folders are not immediately available in Folders widget in Highlights app from Community.

    Both the Files and the Forums XCC widget should display content changes immediately. Currently, only owners see changes directly in the Widget when a new file or forum post is created. Members see the change only after 15 minutes.
    almost 3 years ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review

    Provide RSS/ATOM Feed links for Orient-me Pages

    The system does not provide RSS/ATOM feed links at the bottom of the page for any page of Orient Me. This function is not available in general.
    about 7 years ago in 06. Orient Me/Homepage 0 No Plans to Implement

    UX of URL preview in AS misleading, make the title more "Link-like"

    The UX of the URL preview that is shown in the Activity Stream is misleading if somebody posts a link to a webpage. At the moment it shows the title in black which needs to be clicked in order to visit the linked page. But right below the host (e....
    about 7 years ago in 06. Orient Me/Homepage 0 Under Consideration

    Advanced formatting in Powerpoint presentations doesn't display correctly in Docs

    When you open a Powerpoint presentation in Docs that has advanced formatting, such as a SmartArt Graphics list, it doesn't display correctly and you get the following popup message: "Display limitations This document contains advanced formatting...
    about 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Ability to identify the Communities/Files where a user owns

    Customer would like to have the ability to identify the Communities/Files where a user owns (regardless if the communities are restricted, moderate, open)?
    about 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Under Consideration
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