(Deprecated) Following streams and posting comments

In the Business console you can see what events are happening on releases or activities that you want to follow, and post comments that other users can reply to.

Streams

Deprecated feature:

Deprecation icon The stream feature is deprecated and hidden in the Business console as of V9.6.0.0. To enable it back into the console, create a custom setting: decisioncenter.web.showActivityStreamTab = true. For a list of deprecated features, see Deprecated and removed features.

The Business console provides a social stream feature that you use to follow work and interact with others.

Events relating to a release or activity are listed in the Stream view, available next to the Properties tab when you display this release or activity.

An event is when someone, including you, does tasks such as:

Create, edit, or delete a rule or folder.
Create or change the state of a release, change activity, or validation activity.
Create or restore a snapshot.
Post a comment.

Another Stream view is available on the Home page. This stream includes only the events that you subscribe to follow.

Following events

The stream on the Home page displays events that you subscribe to follow, and any general posts. A golden star next to the name of an item (release, change activity, folder, or individual rule) means that you are subscribed to it. An empty star means that you are not.

Depending on the type of item you follow, you are notified of the following information:

Release: Important changes to the release, such as status changes, approval, cancellation, or rejection, and the main changes to the activities of the release.
Change or validation activity: Main changes to the activity, such as status changes and rule changes in the activity.
Folder: Changes to all the rules that are currently contained in the folder.
Note: To follow the entire folder, you must select all the rules of the folder, and click the star.
Individual rule: Follows events on the rule across all decision services, releases, or activities in which that rule is contained.

To reduce the number of manual steps that are required to subscribe to events, options are available to automatically follow certain events, such as rules you edit or releases or activities that you are an approver of. You can enable or disable these and more options by clicking Profile in the drop-down list next to your user name in the top banner.

Posting comments

You can post comments in all Stream views:

On the Home page:
Comments posted here are visible to all Business console users by default, and can include web links and file attachments. You can select Private Posting to restrict who can see the post. When you click Post with this option enabled, you can select the release or change activity. Only users that have access to these releases or change activities see your post.
When displaying or editing a release, activity, or rule:
Comments posted here are visible to users that have access to the release, activity, or rule.

You can reply to any post, from either one of these views, by adding a comment to the post.