Creating a New Discussion for an Item

All members of an item (workspace, project, folder, etc.) can create new discussions for it. Everyone with Read access to the item can create discussions for it. After creating a discussion, you should define the list of people who can participate in the discussion.

See Accesses Page for a Discussion.

When you create a new discussion, you choose whether or not the discussion should be private or public. Private discussions can only be viewed by employees of the host company (including any business units, divisions, or departments) who have access to the item. Public discussions can be viewed by any user with access to the item, including external users (such as suppliers). External users can only create public discussions.

When you create a new discussion, the system automatically subscribes you to that discussion. Whenever anyone replies to any message in the discussion, you will receive a notification.

Before you begin: View the Discussions category for an item, see Discussions Page for an Object.

  1. From the Discussions page, select Create Public Discussion or Create Private Discussion from the page Actions menu or toolbar.

    For an external user, select Create Discussion from the page Actions menu or toolbar.

    The Create Public Discussion or Create Private Discussion page opens.



    The Visibility value is Public or Private, depending on the type of discussion selected to create and cannot be changed. For external users, the Visibility value is not shown.

  2. In the Subject text box, type a word or short descriptive phrase that describes the content of the message.

  3. In the Message text box, type your message.

    If you want to enter a link to a web page, you can type the full web address, such as http://www.3ds.com. The posted message will show this as a hyperlink.

    To link to a page within an ENOVIA product, you can copy the URL from the History page and paste it into the message. See Page History for information on using the history page.

    If a user who has access to the discussion does not have access to a linked page, they will see this error message if they click the link:"You do not have access to view this object."

  4. Click Done.

    The discussion is added to the Discussions page (you may need to refresh the discussions list).

    At this point, anyone with Read access to the item being discussed can read and reply to a public discussion message. Only employees of the host company can read and reply to a private discussion message. A notification is sent to anyone who has subscribed to the "New Discussion" event for that object.

    To limit the number of people who can participate in the discussion, see Accesses Page for a Discussion.