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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    Mobile App can't add apps to Community

    Mobile App users can create communities, but they can't add applications, so it is not possible to add e.g., Wikis to this created community. Please add the option to add applications to communities (for owners).
    about 3 years ago in 11. Mobile 0 Needs Review

    Ask user to confirm that he is aware that he is uploading to an externally accessible community when using the plugins to upload a file to an external community

    There is no differentiation between internal/external communities in the plugins. Therefor users can easily place documents in external communities without realizing they do so. Ideally a user should be prompted (popup with OK/CANCEL) when droppin...
    about 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 0 Under Consideration

    Allow "Track Changes" also for Powerpoint files

    IBM Docs should provide track mode for people working together on powerpoint files, so that you can see what contents were changed. Currently its not possible for Powerpoint files.
    about 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

    Admin feature to collect and search all access log - especially when and who accessed what Connections contents.

    I think that all access log is written in Metics DB.Please provide a SQL tool to export access log from Metrics DB by specifying the start date and end date as parameters.
    over 6 years ago in 09. Administration 0 Needs Review

    Add breadcrumb when opening a file in a library (ccm) via a link

    when i walk down the folder path in a library, there is a breadcrumb showing me where the file is located > ccmbc1.jpg. When i go to the file via a link then the breadrumb is missing >ccmbc2
    over 6 years ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 No Plans to Implement

    Doubled magnifying glasses in Connections Android App

    Doubled magnifying glasses are displayed when a PDF file is viewed. This is very annoying.Ideally it should show only the PDF zoom magnifying glass symbol and hide the standard zoom option.
    over 6 years ago in 11. Mobile 0 Under Consideration

    Provide overview of files being followed

    As long as downloaded files are being followed by default, which you might like/want or not, my notification overview is floaded with updates to files that I don't care about. Of course i can go to the file and unfollow, but wouldn't it be far mor...
    over 6 years ago in 03. Files 2 Under Consideration

    Show TODO for Everyone also in your Notes Calendar through the Connections plugin

    When i create a TODO in Connections for my team ( Community ) and create a link inside my Calendar, this TODO is not visible for anyone. Only when i assign people to a todo, it will popup in the Calendar in Notes. Please allow Notes to add the T...
    over 6 years ago in 12. Desktop Plugins 1 No Plans to Implement

    Maintenance Kudos Boards notification in one place in Connections

    Now a user has the option to manage email and browser notifications in Connections. For Kudos Boards however is a separated admin console where one can enable or disable email notifications. Make notifications more efficient and possible on one ce...
    over 6 years ago in 08. Third Party Integration 0 No Plans to Implement

    Hope to add "Allow editors of the folder to edit this file" in creating or editing document

    When user upload new document in a shared folder, there is check box "Allow editors of the folder to edit this file", the default value is allowing editing document. When user did uncheck this check box uploading document, any other guy in the sha...
    over 6 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration
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