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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    Request to be able to create subcommunities within subcommunities

    Currently subcommunities can be created within Connections Cloud communities but subcommunities cannot be created within those subcommunities. Customer requesting ability to be able to create subcommunities within subcommunities.
    over 7 years ago in 02. Communities 1 Under Consideration

    Distinct styling between comments and topics

    There is no visual indication of what is topic and response. There is no indentation or a different shaped box/color forcomments/replies. Only indication of a reply is the subject. In long discussions, it could be very confusing and time consuming...
    over 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Under Consideration

    Administration editable items in " My profile".

    Prevention of editing some items in "My profile" by user-self.
    over 7 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 Under Consideration

    Disable activity stream updates for adding/removing community members using API

    Requesting functionality to disable activity stream updates for adding/removing community members using API
    over 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 1 Under Consideration

    Display users within "my network" first when using @mention

    When using @mention feature within Connections Cloud, we are requesting that users within "my network" are displayed first so it's easier to find users.
    over 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 1 Under Consideration

    Connections Theme in Account settings page under user profile instead of customer's customized UI

    Customer is using customizer for their customizations. Per the documentation, it appears /manage is not referenced in the list of paths/context roots for possible components to be customized. Thus it may not be possible to implement customizations...
    over 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Under Consideration

    How do i add groups to my files?

    As a user, I want use the group on Communities and Files, so that increase the users experience and satisfaction
    over 7 years ago in 02. Communities 0 Under Consideration

    ER: Seeking a future version of IBM Connections Files will offer the user an option to include a password with an uploaded encrypted file

    Offer the end user an option to include a password with an uploaded encrypted file. As an Administrator, I need the ability to turn File Encryption ON by default.
    over 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    The possibility to add a new Tab in the Profile Edit Mode

    There is currently no HCL documentation that describes how to create a new tab in the Profile Editor view where you can find the desired profile extensions. Example: Tab Contact Information and a new Custom Edit Tab --> IT Information
    over 4 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 Under Consideration

    Adjust folder sorting in the Files app

    It is currently not possible to sort the folders in the Files app as desired. It would be great if each user could individually adjust the sorting of the folders in the Webview. For example by folder size or by name.
    over 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration
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