Adding, Editing, and Deleting Opinions with Tracked Topic

This topic describes how you can add, edit, and delete Opinions to the articles that Tracked Topic displays.

Note: You can also add, edit, and delete Opinions to content that is external to the Platform by using the Opinion Bookmarklet. For more information, see Adding, Editing, and Deleting Opinions with the Opinion Bookmarklet.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • Have a Platform role that allows you to use the Opinions feature.
  • Tracked Topic is configured and displays articles.
See Also
About Opinions
Customizing Preferences

Add an Opinion with Tracked Topic

Before you begin: From the widget header, select Menu > Preferences and clear the Open directly on the site check box.
  1. From a Tracked Topic widget that displays the article you want to add an Opinion to, click the article to open it.
  2. From the top right-hand corner, click Opinion.
    The Opinion pane opens.
  3. Do either of the following:
    OptionSteps
    Create an Opinion from scratch
    1. Click the Opinion field and either enter a new label or select a label from the list.
      Note: The list first displays the last three Opinions that were used on the Platform, represented by , and then displays in alphabetical order all the Opinions ever created by all the users of the Platform, represented by .
    2. From the sentiment list, click the sentiment you want to associate with your label.
    Create an Opinion from an Opinion created by another user of the Platform
    1. From the Existing section, click an Opinion that was created by another user of the Platform to reuse the label of this Opinion.
      Note: This section is only displayed if at least one other user of the Platform has already added an Opinion to this article.
    2. From the sentiment list, click the sentiment you want to associate with this label.
    The Opinion is added. You can repeat this step to add as many Opinions as you want.

Your Opinions appears between the title and the beginning of the article body, and 4 is displayed on the navigation menu of the widget.

Important: Any other user of the platform who has a NETVIBES Dashboard Intelligence widget that displays this article also sees your Opinions.

Edit an Opinion with Tracked Topic

Tracked Topic widgets allow you to change the sentiment of any Opinion you added, including Opinions you added with the Opinion Bookmarklet.

Before you begin: From the widget header, select Menu > Preferences and clear the Open directly on the site check box.
  1. From a Tracked Topic widget that displays the article to which you added the Opinion you now want to edit, click the article to open it.
  2. Click any to open the Opinion pane.
  3. Click the Opinion you want to edit.

    Note: You cannot click nor edit the Opinions that other users of the platform added.

  4. From the list, select a new sentiment.

The Opinion is modified.

Delete an Opinion with Tracked Topic

Tracked Topic widgets allow you to delete any Opinion you added, including Opinions you added with the Opinion Bookmarklet.

Before you begin: From the widget header, select Menu > Preferences and clear the Open directly on the site check box.
  1. From a Tracked Topic widget that displays the article to which you added the Opinion you now want to delete, click the article to open it.
  2. Click any to open the Opinion pane.
  3. On the Opinion you want to delete, click Delete.

    Note: You cannot click nor delete the Opinions that other users of the Platform added.

    Warning: There is no confirmation message.

The Opinion is deleted from the article.

Note: The Opinion is only deleted from this article. All the Opinions similar to the one you deleted, that is an Opinion with both the same label and sentiment, that you added to other articles or external pages still exist.