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What You Can Do With Comments

Comments are a QDIC feature that allows users to communicate and collaborate with others about assets or tags within the workspace.

All users except guest viewers can post and view comments.

Comments and Threads

Comments

• Messages posted by users are called comments. The following information is displayed for comments:
  • User who posted
  • Elapsed time since posting
  • Comment body
• You can edit or delete your own comments after posting. (You cannot edit or delete comments posted by others.)

Threads

• A thread is a collection of comments related to a single topic. It consists of the initial comment and replies to it.
• You can follow threads. Whenever comments are updated in a followed thread, you will be notified. Select [Comments] from the Notification Center to view notifications about followed threads.
• Threads where communication or discussion has concluded can be set to resolved status.

Thread List

• The comment side drawer displays a list of non-deleted threads. By default, threads are displayed in the order of their creation date.
• You can filter the displayed threads by the following conditions:
  • Resolved threads
  • Your own threads

Comment Targets and Accessing the Comment Side Drawer

Comments can be added to the following:

Asset Comments

Asset comments are added via the asset side drawer. For information on accessing the asset side drawer, see the following: How to Use the Asset Side Drawer - Viewing Assets

Asset

Click the Comment icon at the top right of the asset side drawer to display the asset-wide comment side drawer. The thread list in this comment side drawer shows all comment threads attached to the basic metadata, detailed metadata, and custom properties described below.

Basic Metadata

When you hover over the following metadata displayed in the asset side drawer, a Comment icon appears on the right side of the screen. Clicking this Comment icon displays the comment side drawer for each metadata item.

• Tag
• Parent Owner
• Owner
• Summary
• DDL Comments
• External Summary

Detailed Metadata

When you hover over the metadata displayed in the following tabs of the asset side drawer, a Comment icon appears on the right side of the screen. Clicking this Comment icon displays the comment side drawer for each metadata item.

• Metadata displayed in the Analysis tab
• Metadata displayed in External Information
• DDL

Custom Properties

When you hover over properties displayed in each tab of the custom property set in the asset side drawer, a Comment icon appears on the right side of the screen. Clicking this Comment icon displays the comment side drawer for each property.

Tag Comments

From the Tag Glossary screen, open the Parent Tag or Child Tag screen. Click the Comment icon at the top right of the screen to display the comment side drawer for the parent or child tag.

• Parent Tag
• Child Tag

For information on accessing the tag glossary screen, see the following.

• How to Use the Parent Tag Panel - Viewing Parent Tags
• How to Use the Child Tag Side Drawer - Viewing Child Tags

Comment Operations

Icons Displayed on This Screen

This section explains operation icons on the screen that do not have text labels.

Icon	Label in Document	Operations Available on This Screen
	Action Menu (Vertical)	Display action menu (Edit and delete comments, follow and unfollow threads)
	Resolved	Mark thread as resolved　｜　Mark thread as unresolved

Filtering the Thread List

1. Open the comment side drawer.
2. Click the Filter button at the top left of the screen and set the sort and filter conditions.
   • Click the Newest First button to display threads in order of latest posts, or the Oldest First button to display threads in posting order, to sort the thread list.
   • Filter the threads displayed by one of the following:
     • Select the [Show Resolved] checkbox to display resolved threads.
     • Select the [Show Only My Threads] checkbox to display only threads created by the current user.

Creating a New Thread

A new thread is created by posting the first comment.

1. Open the comment side drawer.
2. Click the New Thread button at the bottom right of the screen.
3. Enter your comment in the comment input field at the bottom of the screen.
4. Click the Send button at the bottom right of the screen.

Threads you create are automatically followed. If you do not want to follow, unfollow manually. For details, see Unfollowing a Thread

Replying to an Existing Thread (Posting a Comment to an Existing Thread)

To reply to an existing thread, perform the following steps.

1. Open the comment side drawer. The thread list will be displayed.
2. From the thread list, click the Reply or nNumber of Comments button displayed on the target thread. (n is the total number of comments in that thread.)
3. Click the Reply button at the bottom right of the screen. The comment input field will appear at the bottom of the screen.
4. Enter your comment in the comment input field.
5. Click the Send button at the bottom right of the screen to reply to the thread.

Editing an Existing Comment

Users who posted a comment can edit their own comments.

1. Open the comment side drawer and select the thread containing the comment to edit.
2. From the thread list, click the Reply or nNumber of Comments button displayed on the target thread. (n is the total number of comments in that thread.)
3. Click the Action Menu (Vertical) icon to the right of the comment to edit, and select [Edit] from the menu.
4. Edit the comment displayed in the comment input field.
5. Click the Save button at the bottom right of the comment input field to save your changes.
6. (Edited) will be displayed to the right of the edited comment.

Deleting an Existing Comment

Users who posted a comment can delete the comment body of their own comments.

• The comment body will display This comment has been deleted.
• The username and elapsed time since posting will not be deleted.
• Deleted comment bodies cannot be restored.

The procedure is as follows.

1. Open the comment side drawer and select the thread containing the comment to delete.
2. From the thread list, click the Reply or nNumber of Comments button displayed on the target thread. (n is the total number of comments in that thread.)
3. Click the Action Menu (Vertical) icon to the right of the comment to edit, and select [Delete] from the menu.
4. The comment body will be deleted, and This comment has been deleted will be displayed on the screen.

Following a Thread

You can follow threads. Threads you create are automatically followed.

• Open the comment side drawer, click the Action Menu (Vertical) icon to the right of the thread you want to follow, and select [Follow Thread] from the menu.

Unfollowing a Thread

You can also unfollow (stop following) a thread.

• Open the comment side drawer, click the Action Menu (Vertical) icon to the right of the thread you want to unfollow, and select [Unfollow Thread] from the menu.

Setting a Thread to Resolved Status

Threads where communication or discussion has concluded can be marked as resolved, hiding them from the comment list.

1. Open the comment side drawer. The thread list will be displayed.
2. From the thread list, click the white background Resolved icon to the right of the target thread.
3. The thread will be marked as resolved, and the icon will change to a black background Resolved icon.

Clicking the black background Resolved icon for a resolved thread will return the thread to unresolved status.