Comments and Collaboration Private Commenting Feature

Private Commenting

The private commentary feature allows users to have discussions that are better suited to a closed group. Anyone included in the group can send private comments within a group of users, or send public comments visible to all users who have access to the report.

To start a private conversation, add other users or roles as members to the comment thread. In this release, you can add up to 50 members to a group. Any member of the group can click the Private Commentary icon in the comment thread header to see the complete list of members at any point in the conversation. A private conversation cannot be made public anda public conversation cannot be made private. Group members cannot modify the list of members after starting a private conversation.

This feature can also be used to take your own notes. To create a note, start a private conversation and enter the comment without adding any members.

The following diagrams show how to make a note to yourself, a private comment, and a public comment.

Comment Formatting Options

You can format your comments with paragraphs and simple text formatting, including bold, italics, bullet lists and numbered lists.

The message is then displayed to all the users.