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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07. Docs/File Viewer

    Preview Files for Anonymous User

    If an organization has anonymous user (e.g. workers not having/using a computer and therefore not having an account/email) which occasionally need to check the news in Connections, they are unable to see (preview) the content of public files. Plea...
    over 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 2 No Plans to Implement

    Hope comments inside WORD document can be supported by Docs Viewer

    Tested on 2.0 CR3 ifix009.After uploading a word file to Files, got below error when viewing it:The file cannot be imported into Viewer. There is something in this file that Viewer does not support at this time. This file cannot be imported. Openi...
    almost 6 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 4 Future Consideration

    Docs - when edit excel file, want the function of "filter by color of cell"

    In Excel, under "sort and filter", there is function of filter by color of cell. Customer hope IBM Docs has this function.
    about 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Docs Viewer - print function

    At the Moment users need to download a PDF before printing it. Docs.Viewer needs a print shortcut.
    almost 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Need Navigation Panel function in Docs document

    If a Word document is with many pages inside it, Navigation Panel will help end user to quick locate the specific section. End user from Lenovo box claims this function for several times. Customer needs Docs to have the same feature MS Word has.
    about 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 3 Under Consideration

    Ensure that all Connections Docs formatting functions are compatible with CTRL+C and CTRL+V copy and paste functions

    Please create an enhancement request to ensure that all Connections, Spreadsheet and Presentation formatting functions, including the ones listed below, are compatible with CTRL+C and CTRL+V copy and paste functions: There are many types of format...
    about 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Disable version summary pop-up when publishing docs from native applications

    When publishing documents from native applications using the HCL Connections plug-in, you must complete a version summary pop-up before finalizing publication. The workflow is as follows: Open a Microsoft Word document through the HCL Connection...
    11 months ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Needs Review

    Show track changes when previewing a document

    If multiple people work on a document, with track changes / comments, you have to edit the document in Docs or download it and open it with a local app to see the highlighted items and comments. Especially when creating a new version, being able t...
    almost 7 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 No Plans to Implement

    Docs: Hope to create Protected Area if some cells are already in other Protected Area

    Problem: Can not create Protected Area if some cells are already in other Protected Area Steps to reproduce:1. user1 create a new excel file in Docs, share to user2 and user3 as Editors.2. user1 select the whole 2nd line of the file, assign "Edi...
    almost 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration

    Customer request "Paste Options" feature when editing Excel files

    In office, when you edit excel files, and copy/paste a grid with formula(see image1 as an example). You can choose paste options->paste special to select which content you want to paste: formula or value(See image2, image3). This feature is not...
    about 8 years ago in 07. Docs/File Viewer 0 Under Consideration
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