Users with the appropriate access rights can access Discussions from within certain objects. Discussion allows its users to post discussion topics and reply to topics and messages.
This section contains the following topics:
Post a Message to a Discussion Topic
Expand or Collapse a Discussion Thread
Use the Discussion feature to exchange ideas and communicate in a common location on subjects relevant to the participating resources. This feature is available from the following locations:
For more information about managing resources, see the Resource Management User Guide.
Requires specific access rights to use discussions from the locations.
For more information, see the Project Management User Guide.
The following provides definitions of the standard message board terms you see when using discussions:
A topic is the top-level grouping for a message. Topics consist of a topic name (subject) and participants. Each topic can contain any number of threads.
A thread consists of a message and all of the responses to it.
A message is the conversation part of a thread.
A reply is a response to a message, or to another response.
You can open the list of discussion topics for a program or a project. Access to the discussion list for a project or program is required to open and view it.
Follow these steps:
The list page appears.
The properties page appears.
Only users who are collaboration managers can create new discussion topics. By default, the user who creates projects or programs is the collaboration manager. Additional collaboration managers can be designated.
An author cannot change topic or message content once it is posted. Only resources who are collaboration managers for the specified investment can delete discussion topics and messages.
For more information, see the Project Management User Guide.
Follow these steps:
The properties page appears.
Defines the name of the topic.
Specifies the access applied to this discussion. To grant discussion access to all of the project or program participants, click All Resources/Groups.
Default: All Resources/Groups
Specifies the individuals who can participate in the discussion.
Follow these steps:
The messages page appears.
The properties page appears.
Defines the subject of the message.
Defines the text of the message.
Defines the resources having access to the message.
Values:
Default: All Resources/Groups
Defines the path of the document to attach to the message.
Specifies if you want the discussion recipients to receive an email notification when a new message arrives for their review.
Default: Selected
The message displays in the list messages page beneath the topic name.
Follow these steps:
The replies page appears.
The properties page appears.
Defines the subject of the message.
Defines the text of the message.
Defines the path of the document to attach to the message.
Specifies if you want the discussion recipients to receive an email notification when a new message arrives for their review.
Default: Selected
The message you created displays in the replies list. Click the name of the subject to open and read it.
You can expand a thread to view all of the replies to a message and collapse it back to the message level.
Expanding a thread
When you expand a thread, you can see the expanded view of the message you selected. To expand a thread, select the message or reply whose contents you want to view, and click Expand.
Collapsing a thread
When you collapse a thread, the message or reply displays only its subject line. To collapse a thread, select the message or reply whose contents you want to collapse, and click Collapse.
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