Publish drafts from the Drafts monitor

Publish updates to the files from the Drafts monitor.

When you download a file from IBM Connections and edit the file, a notification message in the system tray informs you that a new draft was created. We can view all of the files in the draft state from the Drafts monitor. From the monitor, we can open a draft, publish the changes to IBM Connections, or delete a draft.

1. Click the Connections icon in the system tray to open the Drafts monitor. The Drafts monitor lists all of the files you have with unpublished changes.

2. Right click a draft and select one of the following to work with a draft:

   • Open draft to open a local copy of the file for editing.

   • Publish to publish the changes as a new version of the file. You are prompted to add an optional change summary. People with whom you shared the file are notified the file was changed. The notification is enabled by default, but we can disable it.

   • Delete draft to permanently remove the local draft. Deleting a draft does not affect the version of the file that is published to IBM Connections.

Parent topic:
Publish local drafts