Configuring Discussion Groups (SAP Library

Configuring Discussion Groups

Use

Discussion Group iViews for Rooms

For discussions in rooms, SAP delivers two iViews that are contained in the SAP Discussion Groups and SAP Public Discussion Groups standard room parts:

Discussion Groups View

Functions

Version for discussion participants

SAP_Discussion_Groups

(Prefix: com.sap.netweaver.coll)

- Creating discussions (individually or in discussion groups)

- Entering posts for discussions

Version for discussion group administrators

AdminDiscussionGroups

(Prefix: com.sap.netweaver.coll)

- Functions for discussion participants (see above)

- Creating discussion groups

- Deleting discussion groups and discussions

Room members who have access to these iViews in the room can create discussions with or without an assignment to a discussion group and participate in discussions.

Templates for Discussion Group iViews

If you want to integrate discussion groups in portal pages outside of rooms, you can create the iViews required on the basis of the following templates:

Template for Discussion Group iView	Description
KM Discussion Groups Contributor iView	Template for creating discussion group iViews for discussion participants
KM Discussion Groups Administration iView	Template for creating discussion group iViews for discussion group administrators

Configuration Objects Delivered By SAP

● Discussion service (discussion simple for discussion groups in rooms)

● Repositories (for discussion groups outside of rooms: discussiongroups
for discussion groups within rooms: Content Administration → KM Content → room_extensions → cm_stores → documents → workplaces → SAP Discussion Groups)

● Layout sets

Path in the portal: System Administration → System Configuration → Knowledge Management → Content Management → User Interface → Settings → Layout Set

● Commands and command groups

Path in the portal: System Administration → System Configuration → Knowledge Management → Content Management → User Interface → Commands → UI Commands or UI Command Groups

Prerequisites

The System Administration and Content Administration portal roles are assigned to your user.

Procedure

Configure iView parameters.

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1. In the portal, choose Content Administration → Portal Content.

2. In the portal catalog, search for the required discussion groups iView and open it for editing.

3. Use the following parameters to configure the iView:

Parameter	Description
Path	Determines which repository the layout set is used for.
Path to initially displayed folder	- For data for discussion groups inside rooms, the system determines the path to the storage folder automatically. - For data for discussion groups outside of rooms, the default entry is /discussiongroups If you want to use a different repository for discussion groups, enter the path to the folder here.
Layout set	Default entry for iViews for managing discussion groups: DiscussionGroups Default entry for iViews for participating in discussion groups: DiscussionGroupsContributor
Query	Default entry (for a screen resolution of 1024 x 768): ConfigFileName=Navigation.xml&StartPage= NavigationPage&Validate=false&scHeight= 300&scWidth=220&scPostListWidth=500 - scHeight = Height of the discussion structure and the work area (reply text) - scWidth = Width of the Discussion structure - scPostListWidth = Width of the work area (reply text)

Configure post entry.

Configure the behavior of the discussion editor by assigning the associated commands to command groups. SAP delivers the following predefined command groups:

Command Groups for Discussions	Assigned Command Groups or Commands
SingleDiscHeaderRootGroup	- Selecting replies in the header area of the discussion: SingleDiscHeaderActionMarkPostsGroup - Commands in the header area of the discussion: SingleDiscHeaderActionGroup
SingleDiscHeaderActionGroup	- Adding to favorites: create_favorite - Subscribing to the discussion: SingleDiscHeaderSubscription
SingleDiscHeaderActionMarkPostsGroup	Commands for selecting replies
SingleDiscListItemActionGroup	- Editing and deleting posts with subject by the administrator: SingleDiscListItemEdit SingleDiscListItemDelete
SingleDiscListItemActionGroupContributor	- Editing and deleting posts with subject by the participant: SingleDiscListItemEditContributor SingleDiscListItemDeleteContributor
SingleDiscListItemContainerGroup	- Replying to post with subject: SingleDiscListItemReply - Editing or deleting posts with subject by the administrator: SingleDiscListItemActionGroup
SingleDiscListItemContainerGroupContributor	- Replying to posts with subject SingleDiscListItemReply - Commands for editing or deleting posts with subject by the participant: SingleDiscListItemActionGroupContributor

Note

As an alternative to the commands listed above for editing and deleting posts with subject, SAP also delivers the corresponding commands for posts without subject:

● SingleDiscListItemEdit

● SingleDiscListItemDelete

● SingleDiscListItemEditContributor

● SingleDiscListItemDeleteContributor

● SingleDiscListItemReply

Switch off default values for the subject.

To switch off the default value for commands that contain the subject, you set the parameter of the command showPostSubjectProposal=false.