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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Fix assigning community template admin roles

Right now access to these roles is defined in a file on the file system using the UUID of the user, this is not maintainable and does not allow for automation. This should be possible to be done using LDAP groups. Please fix this as in big environ...
almost 3 years ago in 02. Communities 1 Needs Review

Preview outlook email (saved as a file in files)

If you create an email from outlook in connections, it is not possible to preview this as you can with word, excel etc. This makes Connections a cumbersome system to use
8 months ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review

Consistent customization over all applications

It is a real pain to change the UI to any Corporate Identity because WebSphere Apps use different UI elements than Component Pack ones. All “integrated” apps like Invite, Touchpoint, Tailored Experience Wizard, ICXT/HCXT, HCEC need handcrafted adj...
over 2 years ago in 13. Other 0 Needs Review

Disable link recognition in Activitystream and Mail notifications

When you create a post (blog, forum, wiki) and add some project number or JIRA ticket number in the beginning, linked to your Helpdesk, or other system, this link gets removed in the mail notification and activity stream. When your JIRA number now...
over 2 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Needs Review

Add mobile number to show in directory search results

Modifying the searchResults.ftl will only change the results for Advance search. It will a big help if there is a way to add the mobile number as part of the profiles directory search result.
9 months ago in 04. Profiles 0 Needs Review

Enhance dialog for invited guest

Guests outside of company can be invited. Once they accept the invitation a dialog appears with some information to fill - like password. We want to extend this dialog by a phone number (or other LDAP fields) - which is mandatory for some companie...
over 1 year ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Needs Review

Make Wiki URLs Immutable

As a connections user, I want to be able to change the title of a Wiki entry without the link to it changing, so that I can add permanent links to it from other parts of Connections or the company intranet. Suggested solution: Change the URL addre...
3 months ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Needs Review

Make Blog URLs immutable

As a connections user, I want to be able to change the title of a blog post without the link to it changing, so that I can add permanent links to it from other parts of Connections or the company intranet. Suggested solution: Change the URL addres...
3 months ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Needs Review

Enhancing User Experience: Removing Tag Cloud for more Space on Wiki Pages

With the release of ConNext in July 2024, wiki page content no longer fits the screen properly due to a tag cloud appearing on the right-hand side. I am seeking a standard setting to hide the tag cloud for all users. In my opinion, the tag cloud i...
7 months ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Needs Review

Custom Touchpoint Page

The option to add your own page, i.e. a custom page, between the steps in Touchpoint.
over 1 year ago in  0 Needs Review
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