Project - Discussions

The Discussions feature provides topics that team members can use to communicate. If the feature is enabled, translators, reviewers, and project managers can start topics about projects, documents, segments, terms, term bases, or about anything in general.

This page shows topics about the project, documents in the project, or segments in the project's documents.

How to get here

1. Log in to memoQweb as an administrator or a project manager.
2. On the Active projects list, click a project.
3. At the top of the screen, click the Discussions tab. 
   

What can you do?

Search for a topic. Sort the list.

To search the list: Type something into the search bar above the list. Press Enter. If the text you typed can be found in some topics' summary, the list will only show those. To see the whole list again, click the X icon at the end of the search bar.

To sort the list: Click the dropdown that says Starred first, and choose from the list.

• Starred first shows starred topics at the top of the pinned and unpinned topic lists.
• Most active shows topics with the most comments at the top of the pinned and unpinned topic lists.
• Most recent shows the newest topics at the top of the pinned and unpinned topic lists.

Learn details of a topic

Under the topic summary, you can see the related project, document, segment, or term, and the issue - the question asked in the topic.

At the bottom of the topic's card, you can see the current status of the topic, with a colored background: blue is Open, green is Resolved, and White is Closed. Next to it, there is the number of comments, and the user the topic is assigned to..

Start a topic

To start a topic: Above the list, click the Start topic link.

Under Summary, enter a summary of the topic's purpose in a few words. The summary will be the topic's main identifier.

Under Issue, enter a short description of the issue.

Under Suggestion/answer, enter your suggestion for the issue, if you have one.

Under Source language and Target language, choose a source and target language from the dropdowns.

Under Assigned to, choose a user from the dropdown.

When you are done, click the Start topic button at the bottom. To not create the topic, click the Cancel link.

View discussions

To view a topic: Click the topic's summary.

To change the topic status: Click the current status. In the Topic status window, choose the new one, and click the Change button. Or, to discard your changes, click the Cancel link (or anywhere outside the Topic status window).

To return to the project overview page: Under Related project, click the project's name.

The Issue section shows the question or problem that the topic is about.

The Suggestion/answer section shows the solution that the author is proposing.

To receive emails about the topic's changes: Under the Suggestion/answer section, click the Follow button. To unfollow, click the Following button.

Check a setting in your profile: Make sure the Enable discussion-related e-mail notifications check box is checked in your profile's Settings page.

To star the topic: Next to the Follow button, click Make it starred . To remove the star, click Remove starred .

To pin the topic: Next to the Make it starred button, click Pin topic . To unpin, click Remove pin .

To move the topic: In the bottom right corner, click the Reorder discussions  icon. On the Move topic to pane, choose the new location, and click the Move button. To not move the topic, click the Cancel link (or anywhere outside the Move topic to window).

To edit the topic: In the bottom right corner, click the Edit discussion  icon. The Edit properties page opens.

To delete the topic: In the bottom right corner, click the Delete discussion  icon. A warning window opens. Check the check boxes, and click the Delete topic button. To keep the topic: Click Cancel.

To write a comment: At the bottom, on the Comments tab, write your comment into the text box. If needed, choose a new Status, and a username from the Assign to dropdown. To post the comment and apply the changes: Click the Add comment button. To discard the comment and the changes: Click the Cancel link.

To delete a comment: Click its Delete comment  icon.

To link a topic: At the bottom, on the Linked topics tab, click Link another topic. Choose a topic from the dropdown, and click the Link topics button. To return to the linked topics list: Click the Cancel link.

To delete a topic link: Click its Delete  icon.

To manage topic permissions: At the bottom, click the User Access tab.

To change the topic's permission type: Click the Change permission type link. Choose the new type and click the Save button. To discard the changes: Click the Cancel link.

To change a user's permission: In the user's row, click the Edit options  icon. From the dropdowns, choose the new permission and expiration date. Click the Save button. To discard the changes, click the Cancel link.

To delete a user permission: In the user's row, click the Delete  icon.

To add a user or group with permission: At the bottom, click the Add users/groups link. From the dropdowns, choose a user or group, their permission, and its the expiration date. Click the Add user/group button. To discard the changes: Click the Cancel link.

To see the topic's history: At the bottom, the History tab lists the topic's changes and actions, sorted by date.

To return to the topic list: Above the topic's details, click the Back to topics link.