Work with Status Updates

Work with Status Updates

Keep up-to-date with what is happening in the network with the Status Updates sidebar application.

Purpose
Do the following to work with your status updates:

Task Steps
Manage the status Do any of the following:

Enter a status message and click Post to publish it.
Click Reset to clear the current update.
Right-click an update you posted and choose Delete to remove it.

Share a photo or a file with others To share a photo or file, enter the text for an update, then click Attach a File. Browse for a local file. The file is appended to the post so that others can view or download it.
Interact with other people in the network Do any of the following:

To comment on an update, click Add comment, enter the comment and click Post Comment.

To view all of the status updates for one person, click the name of the person to view their board. We can also change the search scope to People and begin to type the name or email of a colleague. The type-ahead feature returns matches. Choose the matching name to view all updates from that person.

Click a file attachment that a colleague has posted to open the file in an appropriate application.

Recommend posts and comments To recommend a post, open the entry or comment and click Like to recommend it. Click Undo if you no longer want to recommend it.
Interact with communities we can access Do any of the following:

To post an update to a community we can access, use the search bar to find the community. We can change the scope to search all communities, public communities, or communities for which we are a member. Status updates you post to a community display in the Recent Updates view of the community.

Choose the I'm Following > Communities view from the application menu to view all recent updates to these communities.

Change the view in the application window To change views, click the menu icon for the application, and choose from one of these views:

I'm Following displays all updates for people and content we are following. We can also choose to filter what displays so we can view a more targeted list of updates.

Status Updates displays status updates but no other notifications from colleagues.

Discover displays updates and other activities from the colleagues, whether they are in the network or not.

Recent Communities lets you pick a community you accessed recently to view recent updates posted to that community.

Connections Preferences opens the preference page where you set the server URL and log-in credentials for connecting to an IBM Connections server.

View a colleague's profile in Connections To view a profile in Connections, right-click an update and select Open in Browser. Connections opens in the default Web browser so we can view and interact with the profile for the person you selected.
Forward a status update To forward a status message using Lotus Notes, right-click an entry and choose Forward this Entry. The comment is inserted into an email form.
Work with updates from the system tray Do any of the following:

To update the status when we are not working in Notes, right-click the Status Updates icon in the system icon tray and select Update Status. Enter the status and click Update.

To view status updates when we are not working in Notes, right-click the Status Updates icon in the system icon tray and select View Status Updates. This opens the Notes client with the Status Updates application open.

Parent topic:
Use the Connections Status Updates Plug-in for IBM Notes

Task	Steps
Manage the status	Do any of the following: Enter a status message and click Post to publish it. Click Reset to clear the current update. Right-click an update you posted and choose Delete to remove it.
Share a photo or a file with others	To share a photo or file, enter the text for an update, then click Attach a File. Browse for a local file. The file is appended to the post so that others can view or download it.
Interact with other people in the network	Do any of the following: To comment on an update, click Add comment, enter the comment and click Post Comment. To view all of the status updates for one person, click the name of the person to view their board. We can also change the search scope to People and begin to type the name or email of a colleague. The type-ahead feature returns matches. Choose the matching name to view all updates from that person. Click a file attachment that a colleague has posted to open the file in an appropriate application.
Recommend posts and comments	To recommend a post, open the entry or comment and click Like to recommend it. Click Undo if you no longer want to recommend it.
Interact with communities we can access	Do any of the following: To post an update to a community we can access, use the search bar to find the community. We can change the scope to search all communities, public communities, or communities for which we are a member. Status updates you post to a community display in the Recent Updates view of the community. Choose the I'm Following > Communities view from the application menu to view all recent updates to these communities.
Change the view in the application window	To change views, click the menu icon for the application, and choose from one of these views: I'm Following displays all updates for people and content we are following. We can also choose to filter what displays so we can view a more targeted list of updates. Status Updates displays status updates but no other notifications from colleagues. Discover displays updates and other activities from the colleagues, whether they are in the network or not. Recent Communities lets you pick a community you accessed recently to view recent updates posted to that community. Connections Preferences opens the preference page where you set the server URL and log-in credentials for connecting to an IBM Connections server.
View a colleague's profile in Connections	To view a profile in Connections, right-click an update and select Open in Browser. Connections opens in the default Web browser so we can view and interact with the profile for the person you selected.
Forward a status update	To forward a status message using Lotus Notes, right-click an entry and choose Forward this Entry. The comment is inserted into an email form.
Work with updates from the system tray	Do any of the following: To update the status when we are not working in Notes, right-click the Status Updates icon in the system icon tray and select Update Status. Enter the status and click Update. To view status updates when we are not working in Notes, right-click the Status Updates icon in the system icon tray and select View Status Updates. This opens the Notes client with the Status Updates application open.