Use the activity stream views

Find out what's new in the network and the wider organization using the activity stream views available from the home page.

We can use the activity stream views to filter the latest news stories and updates from across IBM Connections. The updates are in list format, making it easy for you to scan through the entries and identify important updates. An icon next to each update identifies which application the update is associated with.

We can check for the latest news stories and work with updates in the following ways:

• Use the activity stream options available from the navigation sidebar to filter the updates and display different types of information in the activity stream. Select one of the following views, and then use the Filter By options available for that view to display the updates that you care about.

  Option	Description
  Updates	I'm Following: Displays updates related to the people and content that we are following. Click Stop following under an update if you no longer want to get the latest updates for a specific person or piece of content. Status Updates: Display the latest status update messages from across your organization. Discover: Display the latest public updates from all the applications.
  My Notifications	Display the latest notifications that you received and sent in Connections. Also displays the number of unread items in the For Me and @mention views.
  @Mentions	Display messages that mention you directly.
  Action Required	Display the latest to-do items from Activities, network and community invitations, requests to join moderated communities, and any third-party events that require action on the part.
  Saved	Display the updates that you saved.
  My Page	Select this option to view the latest updates using application widgets rather than in list format.
  Administration	Select this option to perform administrative tasks for the Home page. This option only displays for users who have been assigned the administrator role.

• To show that you like an update or a comment on a status update, click Like. We can tell how many people liked an update or comment from the number that displays next to the Like Icon. Click the icon to see who liked the update or comment.

• To comment on an update, hover over the update and click Comment. Enter the comment in the field, and then click Post.

  Tips:

  • To mention a colleague in the comment and share the comment directly with them, enter the at (@) symbol followed by the person's name, and then select the person's name from the drop-down list. When you post the comment, the person's name is linked to their profile. A message is also posted to the person's profile to inform them that you mentioned them.

  • When you include URLs in the comments, they are automatically converted to hyperlinks.

• To delete a comment added, hover over the comment, click the Delete comment Icon, and click Delete.

• To save an update for following up later, hover over the update and click Save this. We can retrieve the saved updates later by selecting Saved from the navigation sidebar.

• To stop receiving updates about an item or person, click Stop following.

• To access more options for working with an update, hover over the update and click it. The options that we see depend on the type of update we are looking at. For example, to share a status update with the people who are following you, click Repost. To close the window, click the X icon or click anywhere outside the window.

What to do next

• Click Customize to add widgets and bring extra function to the home page.

• Tell people what we are doing by updating the personal status message. See Update the status message from the home page.

• Check what community events are taking place soon using the Events widget. See Use the Events widget.

• Track the upcoming to-do items with the To Do List widget. See Use the To Do List widget.

• Check for recommended content in the Recommendations widget. The widget suggests content that might interest you, based on the existing community membership, network connections, and tags. See Use the Recommendations widget on the home page.

• Bookmark the page views that you visit most often so that we can navigate directly to them later.

• Update the status message from the Home page
  Update the personal status message from the Home page to let the people in the network know what you're doing. Updating your status message from the Home page automatically updates the status message that displays in the profile.

• Following tags
  Follow tags that we are interested in so that we can receive the latest updates for the people or content with those tags.

• Application icons
  The Home page uses different icons to identify the application that each update is associated with.

Parent topic:
Home page

Related:

Use the Events widget

Use the Recommendations app on the Home page

Use the To Do List widget

Following communities