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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    Extend time-out while processing the profile information

    There is a timeout error displayed while users are updating their profile information in Connections. Access the profiles, edit it and try to add/ remove or change some information. If the changes weren't saved immediately, there pops out an error...
    almost 5 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 Future Consideration

    Jump up Button/Scroll Back To Top Button

    A dynamic button on the right or bottom left in the corner of the screen with which you can jump immediately back to the top of the page. At the moment there is such a button only on the community overview list. Why not on the whole Connections we...
    over 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 1 Under Consideration

    Distinguishing followers and non-followers in My Network Contacts

    Provide a way to filter on followers and non-followers in My Network contacts. I wish to minimise network contacts which are not my followers.
    almost 7 years ago in  0 Under Consideration

    Improve how the comment title is shown embedded experience

    When a user comments in a status update and it is opened in the Embedded Experience in Connections homepage, the comment title gets truncated.
    over 2 years ago in 10. Engagement Center 0 Needs Review

    Additional role “readers” for Community members

    Currently Connections only offers the roles “owners” and “members”. For “members” permissions for files can be switched between editor and reader, but this applies to all Community members with the "members" role. An additional role “readers” that...
    over 7 years ago in 02. Communities 1 Future Consideration

    Add mobile number to show in directory search results

    Modifying the searchResults.ftl will only change the results for Advance search. It will a big help if there is a way to add the mobile number as part of the profiles directory search result.
    almost 2 years ago in 04. Profiles 0 Needs Review

    Out Of Office Agent in HCL Connections

    There is no change in HCL Connections to mark myself as absent for the holidays. If I address a topic with @ to a person and this person is on vacation, I don't get to know this. If I enter @Name in Connections, there should be a hint above it, li...
    over 6 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 1 Under Consideration

    Introduce an adjustable image quality feature, offering users the flexibility to upload pictures in low, medium, or high quality.

    Users face challenges with fixed image quality settings leading to storage issues, necessitating the time-consuming task of managing storage by deleting or replacing images, disrupting workflow. Implementing an adjustable image quality feature, al...
    over 2 years ago in 05. Blogs/Wikis/Forums/Activities 0 Needs Review

    Improve Newsletter Presentation by grouping its content according to corresponding community / blog / etc.

    Currently, the Connections Newsletter summarizes individual updates in whole sentences. This makes it difficult for the user to quickly get an overview,of the most important updates, especially when being a member of a large number of communities ...
    about 7 years ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Future Consideration

    Light Mode/Dark Mode View

    Users should be able to switch between light and dark mode, for example, in the header bar at the top right. Similar to what Activities Plus currently offers. In Activities Plus, users can switch between light and dark mode, depending on their pre...
    over 1 year ago in 01. General/Multiple Areas 0 Needs Review
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