Settings

This page provides you with more information about the following category of options in the Settings tab.

This page discusses:

Edit Community logo:

Click Change to select and upload a new community logo. You can either browse for a file or just drop your file into the Drop your files from your desktop or click here: section.

Description:

Provide a quick description for people who are not yet members of the community. The description of the community appears in the ID card of the community.

Main Owner:

Select the main owner of the community. From a role standpoint, this member has the same rights as any other owner.

Community visibility for employees:

These settings are only visible to platform administrators.

Select one of the visibility features below:

  • Public: The community is available to any member that is not an external user.
    • Deactivate content display in What’s New If selected, What's New content will not be available to people who are not members of the community unless they click Follow Community.
  • Private: The community is available in the Discover communities widget to employees who are not yet members of the community. Only members can access it.
  • Secret: Option selected by default. The community is visible to community members only.

Community visibility for external collaborators:

These settings are only visible to platform administrators.

Select one of the visibility features below:

  • Public: The community is available to any external collaborator.
  • Private: The community is available in the Discover communities widget to people who are not yet members of the community. Only members can access it.
  • Secret: Option selected by default. The community is visible to members only.
  • Disabled: The community is invisible to contractors and only employees can be invited to this community.

Idea status management

This section lets you see and customize the status used to classify the ideas of your community. You must be owner of the community.

A context menu available in front of each idea lets you reorganize the logical order of the status applied to the lifecycle of an idea. You can access the following:

  • Move to left. Moves the status to the left.
  • Move to right. Moves the status to te right.
  • Delete. Deletes the status.
Add a status to add a new status to those proposed by default.

You can also define the minimum required status to be able to create a requirement based on an idea.

Note: When you add a new status, a new color is assigned by default. You can customize the color using the color palette.

Community features:

These options are activated by default. Any member can create this type of community content. To allow contributors to create content, you need to select the Allow contributors to create check-box. Activate or deactivate one of the visibility features below:

  • Posts. This feature cannot be cleared.
  • Questions
  • Ideas
  • Surveys
  • Wiki

Statistics available for

You can change the statistics visibility in the drop-down box as follows:

  • All: Any member can access the Statistics tab.
  • Owners and Authors
  • Owners: This option is selected by default.
  • Disabled: Nobody has access to the community statistics.

Idea status management

This section lets you see and customize the status used to classify the ideas of your community. You must be owner of the community. Click Add a status to add a new status to those proposed by default. Click x in front of an idea status to remove it. You must set a status that replaces the one you want to delete.

You can also define the minimum required status to be able to create a requirement based on an idea.

Note: When you add a new status, a new color is assigned by default. You can customize the color using the color palette.