HCL Connections Ideas Portal

Welcome to the HCL Connections Product Ideas Lab! The place where you can submit product ideas and enhancement request. We encourage you to participate by voting on, commenting on, and creating new ideas. All new ideas will be evaluated by the HCL Product Management & Engineering teams, and the next steps will be communicated. While not all submitted ideas will be executed upon, community feedback will play a key role in influencing which ideas are and when they will be implemented.


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03. Files

    Support for viewing and editing of files with encryption methods other than RC4

    Steps to reproduce issue: Using MS Office Word 2013 create a document and then use the option "File" --> "Protect Document" --> "Encrypt with Password" After the file is encrypted with password upload to IBM Connections Cloud "My Files" Afte...
    about 8 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

    Ability to increase attachment file upload size limitation on a user by user basis rather than across the board

    We wish to increase the file upload size to selected users, not for all users. This file size limitation should be configurable for users given the PROF GUID or PROF UUID.
    over 5 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement

    Deleting folders doesn't delete files within that folder

    If a folder is deleted inside a Community, the files that were contained in the folder are not deleted. Instead they are still available in the "All files" section of the Community. Only the association of the file with the folder is being deleted...
    about 7 years ago in 03. Files 2 No Plans to Implement

    Files - Ability to set the Maximum File Size for a Single Upload by Using a File Policy

    Currently it is only possible to set maximum file size for a single upload globally by modifiying the "files-config.xml" file, as described in the Files Configuration Properties documentation article. Please add the possibility to set the maximum ...
    over 1 year ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Administrator can turn off to share Files to externals.

    Many customers request the feature to prohibit user to share files to external for their security policy. Org admin should have the option to turn off to share files to externals.
    over 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 No Plans to Implement

    Connections Windows Explorer Integration

    I would like: The possibility to Add To Folder from "My Files" section Also Copy/Paste directly under "My Folders" to upload new version or add a file. I would also like to access Files uploaded to Blogs via the Windows Explorer.
    over 7 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Files in a folder shared with a community don't show up when looking at the community files

    Under the All Community Files view in a community, you see all files that are either uploaded as community files or shared with that community. However, files shared with that community because they are in a folder that was shared with that commun...
    over 4 years ago in 03. Files 0 Under Consideration

    Display "shared with" information in files overviews

    Currently, there is no option to see where/with whom files have been shared in the My Files / My Drive overview and so on. It is visible that the file has been shared but to know the details, you have to open the file and check the sharing informa...
    almost 3 years ago in 03. Files 2 Needs Review

    Ability to upload a bulk folders and files while preserving the folder structure into Connections Files

    Ability to upload a bulk folders and files while preserving the folder structure into Connections Files.
    over 1 year ago in 03. Files 0 Needs Review

    For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name

    For the Moderation tab on the home page, looking at Files for content approval we only see file name, no additional metadata such as the community it belongs to.I definitely see the value in having the additional data since some content may be app...
    almost 8 years ago in 03. Files 1 No Plans to Implement
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