Adding, Editing, and Removing Comments and Replies

Use

You can add a comment or reply for the selected object. For example, if you are displaying the Initiatives tab, you can select an initiative and add a comment.

New, modified, or deleted comments are automatically refreshed whenever you restart a new application session, or you switch from one context to another.

Prerequisites

Your role has permission to create comments and replies. If you do not see a New or Reply pushbutton in the Comments dialog box, then you do not have the ability to create comments.

Procedure

Do any of the following:

Function

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More Information

Add a comment

Click the link to add comments, or click the link to view comments, and then click New.

When adding a comment, you can control whether the comment expires and the date on which it expires.

You can indicate whether the comment applies to a specific reporting period. You can later filter by reporting period, if necessary.

You must select at least one role who can review this comment.

As the author of the comment, you can also see this comment even if you are not a member of the group that you assigned to the comment.

If you enter a URL, it appears as a live title link in the information window when you select the comment in the Comment dialog box.

Reply to a comment

Click the link to view comments, and then click Reply.

Once a comment has a reply, the comment owner can no longer edit the comment.

Edit a comment

Click the link to view comments, and then click Edit

When editing comments, you can filter on all items, including the context and type.

The user (owner) who creates a comment can edit that comment only if it does not have any replies associated with it. No one can edit replies.

Delete a comment or reply

Click the link to view comments, and then click Delete.

The user (owner) who creates a comment can delete that comment only if it does not have any replies associated with it. The user (owner) who creates a reply cannot delete that reply.