The feed is used to share information on an entry in ELO (document or folder) and record changes to the entry. New feed posts are denoted with a green dot.

The following message types are shown in the feed:

• Posts (written by a user)
• Comments (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 a post

Use the Create a post field to comment on the respective entry in a feed. Click Create to post the comment.

Alternative: Press CTRL+ENTER to submit a post.

The text in posts, polls, and comments can be formatted as follows:

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

Create a 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 in 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 additional settings opens an area with additional settings. This is where you specify whether participants can select more than one answer, see the user names in the result, and add their own answers.

Click Create to start the poll.

Click the pencil icon to edit a poll that has already started. You can edit the poll as long as no one has taken part.

Click the X icon to delete a poll that has already started. You cannot undo this.

Mention

Use the Mention button (@ symbol) to address a feed post to another ELO user or group. The users mentioned can see the corresponding feed post in their My ELO work area.

Alternative: As soon as you type an @ character, ELO automatically recognizes that you want to insert a mention.

Reference

Use the Reference button (document icon with arrow) to link a feed post with an entry in ELO. Clicking the reference automatically takes the user to the filing location of the linked entry.

You can select the entry that you want to refer to in the Reference dialog box.

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

Hashtag

Use the Hashtag button (# symbol) to add hashtags to a post. Users can subscribe to hashtags.

Alternative: As soon as you type a # character, ELO automatically recognizes that you want to insert a hashtag. The hashtag drop-down menu opens.

Subscribe to a hashtag

Method

1. Click the respective hashtag to subscribe to it.

The discussion page for the selected hashtag appears.

2. Click the Subscribe button.

You have subscribed to the hashtag. All posts that are marked with the corresponding hashtag appear in the My ELO work area of the ELO Web Client or the ELO Java Client.

Visibility

Use the Visibility button (eye icon) to restrict who can read the post. You can apply this restriction for future feed posts. Click the Remember selected visibility option. Your visibility settings will be set as the default for new feed posts.

Search feed

Click the Search feed button (magnifying glass icon) to search for terms within the currently selected feed. When the searched term is found, the feed is reduced to the corresponding posts. The matches are highlighted. Click the magnifying glass icon to start the search. To reset the search and display the entire feed, click the X icon next to the selected search term.

Subscribe to feed

Use the Subscribe button (antenna icon) to subscribe to the feed. All feeds you have subscribed to are listed in the My ELO work area of the ELO Web Client or the ELO Java Client. Once a post is added to one of these feeds, you also see the post in the My ELO work area.

Show filter options

The Show filter options button opens a window with filters for the corresponding feed. You can use these filters to restrict the feed to posts that match the respective filter. To close the selection, click the button again.

You can also see when filters are active, even when filter options are hidden.

Enter a comment

You can enter comments on any post. The procedure for adding a comment is almost identical to creating a post. However, the visibility settings for a comment are bound to the visibility settings for the commented post, which is why you are unable to change the visibility settings for comments.

Edit post

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

Feed history

Edited entries are marked as edited below the entry. To open the editing history, click edited.