Collaboration for Stories
You can collaborate on a story either by creating a discussion or by posting comments.
Discussions in Stories
All collaboration activity is grouped under discussion threads. From the main toolbar
select Collaboration) to see a list of discussions that you
have been invited to. You can start a new discussion at any time by choosing
(New Discussion) and inviting specific participants or
teams. Only people who have been invited can see the discussion.
Choose
(Note
You can start
a discussion or view and contribute to it only if you have the privilege
Discussion with Read and
Create permissions. By default,
Discussion is enabled in the standard and custom
roles. Comments in Stories
You can add comments to a
specific page or widget within a story.
Other users can reply or simply Like your
comment.
Note
You can read, create, and delete a
comment only if you have the privilege Comment with
Read, Create, and
Delete permissions. By default,
Comment is enabled in the standard and custom roles.
Note
When a story is opened, comment mode is on by default. - To add a comment to a story page, on the page tab bar, select the drop-down
menu and choose NoteYou can add comments to a story in embedded mode only if the administrator has enabled commenting in embedded mode.
to submit. Enter your comment in the displayed dialog
box.
- To add a comment to a story widget, select the widget and choose the
(Comment) icon. Enter your comment in the
displayed dialog box and select Place Comment to
submit.NoteYou cannot add comments to widgets containing input controls.
In addition to adding comments to specific widgets and pages, you can add comments to data points in tables. For more information see Adding Comments to a Data Cell.
Once the comment is posted, a
comment icon is displayed at the top right of the widget or page tab bar. The
comment icon and comment thread fade away if the story is not set to
( Comment Mode).
Note
You can add up to four distinct
threads to a specific widget or page tab bar, and a maximum of 200 comments to a
story. As you add multiple threads to a widget or page tab bar, comment icons
will be superimposed on one another. The top icon is associated with the most
recent thread. To view all the threads in a story, select the button and choose (Comment Mode). Select the comment icon to display the comment thread.
Story threads are also listed in the
Comments panel. Select to display the panel. You can sort the displayed threads according
to:
- Time – newest to oldest comment or vice versa.
- Pages – comments will be listed under their respective page headings.
All entries in the panel include an associated comment icon and text from the most recent comment in the thread. Select an entry to view its entire thread.
Once a thread is displayed, you can perform any of the
following actions:
- Reply: enter your text in Reply here ... and select (Send).
- Like: select the Like icon for comments in the thread.
- Delete: select the icon next to the comment
you want to delete.NoteYou can delete only your own comments and if you have update rights to the story. To delete all the page or widget comment threads within a story, use the (Delete) icon in the Comments panel.NoteComments cannot be edited.
Comments are lost or not available in the following scenarios:
- Creating a copy of a story – the copy will not contain any comments.
- Using the Save As option to create a new story.
- Duplicating a widget or a story page.
- Exporting a story to PDF.
- Story comments cannot be viewed or added in the Digital Boardroom.
Note
Comments are preserved if you rename a story, and can be viewed and added
in Present mode.