Collaboration

This section explains on how to collaborate with other users in the Syncfusion Dashboard Server by commenting on Dashboards and Widgets.

Collaboration feature in the Dashboard Server allows users to write text and add image comments on a Dashboard or widget to share with other users who have access to the Dashboard or widget. It is used to track events and provide insights into those events. Users can also add links to other Dashboards or widgets or any other external websites.

Anyone with access to a Dashboard can write comments. When a comment has been added to a Dashboard, users who have notifications enabled in their profile, receives notifications through email and system notifications. Learn more about Notifications in this section.

Post a new comment

To post a new comment, open the Dashboard and click on the comment icon in the top right corner as shown in the below image.

Type the comment in the text area and click on Post to save the comment for the Dashboard.

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Clipboard images can also be added along with the comments by simply copying an image and pasting in the text area.

Reply to a comment

To reply to a comment, click on the Reply icon in the comment as shown in the below image.

Type the reply in the text area and click on Reply to save the reply for the comment on the Dashboard.

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You can also reply to a reply of a comment. This can be repeated a number of times.

Edit a comment

To edit a comment, click on the option Actions button to get more options for a comment or a reply and click on the Edit button as shown in the below image.

Edit the comment and click on Save to save it.

Delete a comment

To delete a comment, click on the option Actions button to get more options for a comment or a reply and click on the Delete button as shown in the below image.

Show parent comment of a reply

To know the parent comment of a reply or to know which comment the reply has been posted, click on the option Actions button and click on the Show Parent button as shown in the below image.

On clicking, the parent comment is highlighted for the reply as like below.

Mention Users in the comment

Users can be mentioned in the comments to notify them about the comment through email.

Type @ followed by the user’s name and from the list of possible names select the user to mention them in the comment.

Watch and Unwatch comment

Using this option, users can watch and unwatch the notification of specific dashboard.

• If the watch comment of the dashboard is marked, user will get the notification from the specific dashboard.

• If the unwatch comment of the dashboard is marked, user will not get any notification from the specific dashboard.

You can change watch and unwatch comments of the specific dashboard using the following option.

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The above options - Post a new comment, reply to a comment, edit a comment, delete a comment and show parent comment of a reply applies to Widgets inside a Dashboard and to each Widget in the Widgets page (click here for more details about Dashboard and Widget commenting) too.