ELO offers several features that support collaboration within your company.

This chapter provides information on the feed.

The feed is used to share information on an entry in the repository (document or folder) and log changes to the entry.

The following message types are shown in the feed:

• Posts (written by a user)
• Comment (on a post)
• Polls
• Events (e.g. when a new version of a document is filed or changes are made to the working version)

Create post

Use the Create a post input field to create a feed post on an entry in the repository. Click the input field.

The input field for creating a post expands.

The text in posts, polls, and comments can be formatted with the following syntax:

Bold: To format a part of the text in bold type, place an asterisk (*) at the beginning and end of the desired text section.

I would like to emphasize this *again*. will appear in the ELO feed as follows: "I would like to emphasize this again.".

Information: If you want the asterisk to appear as a character in the text, enter a backslash before the asterisk. The asterisk does not have a formatting function, but appears instead.

Four buttons are available under the input field: Mention, Reference, Hashtag, and Visibility.

Mention: Use the Mention user button (@ symbol) to address a feed post directly to another ELO user or an ELO group.

The Select user dialog box appears. Select a user and/or a group from the drop-down menu.

Then, click OK.

The user or group is entered to the input field with the respective GUID.

The users mentioned then see the corresponding feed post in the My ELO work area.

Alternative: As soon as you type an @ character, ELO automatically recognizes that you want to insert a mention. The Select user dialog box appears.

Reference: Use the Reference button (document icon with arrow) to link a feed post with an entry in the repository.

The Reference dialog box appears. In the dialog box, select an entry in the repository tree you want to reference.

Optional: Click the folder icon to create a new folder to reference.

Click OK. The reference is entered to the input field with the respective GUID.

Alternative: As soon as you type a > character, ELO automatically recognizes that you want to insert a reference. The Reference dialog box appears.

Hashtag: Use the Hashtag button (# symbol) to add hashtags to a post. You can subscribe to hashtags. You can also filter the My ELO work area by hashtags.

The input field for hashtags appears. Hashtags that have been used before are listed in a drop-down menu. Select a hashtag from the menu or enter a new one, then confirm by pressing the ENTER key.

Your hashtag is entered to the input field.

Visibility Use the Visibility button (eye icon) to restrict who can read the post.

A drop-down menu with the available group names appears. Enter a group name or choose one from the list. You can also enter multiple group names and remove them using the X icon.

Your selection is applied. Only the selected groups can view your post.

Optional: You can apply this restriction for future feed posts. Check the box next to Remember selected visibility. Your visibility settings will be set as the default for new feed posts.

Click Create to post the comment.

Poll

Clicking the Create poll button opens a new area in the ELO feed in which you can start a user poll.

Enter the title or question of the poll in the first input field (with the placeholder text Ask a question). Enter the answer options to the next input fields (with the placeholder text Add answer option). To create an additional answer option, click the Add new answer button. You can select how long you want the poll to remain open in the Poll duration field.

Clicking Show more settings opens an area with additional settings. Here, you can you define whether you want to offer the user multiple options to select from, whether you want the user name of the participants to be visible in the poll result, and whether you want participants to be able to add further answer options.

Four buttons are also available, which are described in Create post: Mention, Reference, Hashtag, and Visibility.

Click Create to start the poll.

Information: Once a user has taken a poll, it can no longer be modified.

Show filter options

Click Show filter options to filter the feed by Post author, Post type, Hashtag, and Additional filters.

To apply a filter, click the corresponding filter in the list.

In the default settings, all filters are applied in is mode.

To negate the filter, click is and set it to is not.

Search feed

Use the Search feed button (magnifying glass icon) to search within the currently selected feed. Clicking Search starts a search. When the searched term is found, the feed is reduced to the corresponding posts and matches are highlighted. Click Reset search to exit the results list and return to the full feed.

Subscribe to feed

Use the Subscribe button (send icon) to subscribe to the currently open feed. All subscribed feeds are aggregated in the My ELO area. Once a post is added to a subscribed feed, you also see the post in the My ELO area.

Automatically subscribe to feed

ELO provides you with the option to automatically subscribe to feeds. This applies to specific events that are triggered by a user:

• When filing a document
• When creating a new folder
• When checking in a new version
• When creating a post or comment

Enable or disable the check boxes to set when to automatically subscribe to the respective feed. The options are located in the configuration under General.

New comment

You can post comments in any feed. Post a comment by entering text into the input field below the feed post.

Click the Edit button (pencil icon) to edit your own feed posts and comments.

Use the Mention button (@ icon) to address a feed post directly to another ELO user or an ELO group. The users mentioned then see the corresponding feed post in the My ELO work area.

Use the Reference button (document icon with arrow) to link a feed post with an entry in the repository. Clicking the button opens the Reference dialog box. Select an entry you want to reference here. The reference jumps directly to the respective entry.

Use the Hashtag button (# symbol) to add hashtags to a post. Use hashtags to categorize posts and comments. Clicking the button shows hashtags that have already been created, which you can select from a drop-down menu. Alternatively, you can enter a new hashtag in the input field (without the hash sign). Confirm your entry by clicking Create.

If a feed post contains hashtags, the Hashtags button is shown.

Clicking Hashtags opens the hashtags for the feed post. Click the button to subscribe to individual hashtags.

Alternative: Click the respective hashtag, followed by the Subscribe button.

All posts that are marked with the corresponding hashtag appear in the My ELO work area.