Discussions Page

The Discussions page lists all discussions that you have access to. You have access to a discussion if you have access to the object being discussed.

Required access roles: see Access to Messages.

To access this page:

  1. Make sure Collaboration and Approvals is the active app.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Collaboration and Approvals > Discussions.

This topic describes:

This page discusses:

See Also
In Other Guides
Discussions Page for an Object
Page Toolbar Icons

Columns

Column Name Description
If the icon shows in the row, you are subscribed to that discussion.
Discussion The title of the discussion. Click to view the text of all messages within that discussion. See Discussion Thread Page.
Last Message The date that the last reply was posted.
Visibility Shows Public or Private to indicate if the discussion can be viewed by external users (people who do not work for the company that hosts the app). Any user with access to the object being discussed can view public discussions; only employees of the host company can view Private discussions. External users do not see this column.
Replies The number of replies posted to the discussion.
Discussion Owner The name of the user who started the discussion.
Discussed Item: Name The name of the object that the discussion relates to. Click to view the Properties page for that object.
Discussed Item: Type The type of object, such as Bookmark Root or Bookmark, that the discussion relates to.
Discussed Item: Revision The revision of the named object.
Click to view the Properties page for the discussion in a separate window.

Filter

Click to filter the list of discussions.

Filter Choice Description
Subscribed Shows all discussions to which you are subscribed.
All from Last 30 Days Shows all discussions for which the latest message was posted within the last 30 days.
All from Last 90 Days Shows all discussions for which the latest message was posted within the last 90 days.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Action Description For More Information
Subscribe Subscribes to be notified when a person replies to a checked discussion. Click OK to confirm. Subscriptions Page
Unsubscribe Unsubscribes from a checked discussion (stop receiving notifications for the discussion), then click OK to confirm.

If you are subscribed to a discussion because you subscribed to a parent of that discussion (which automatically subscribes you to replies), you need to unsubscribe from the parent discussion; you cannot unsubscribe from a discussion that inherited the subscription.

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