On the "Bulletin Board" screen, select a category, then click "Post new topic" to create a new topic.
To display the organization name in the "From" column, select the organization name by selecting the "Show membership" check box in the "From" section on the "Post new topic" screen.
A topic created prior to its public period is filed under Waiting to be published.
When public period is not set, the time drop-down lists display "--:--". This is treated as 0:00 AM.
The following dates and times cannot be set:
Public period which start and end dates is prior to the current date
Public period which start date is after the end date
An acknowledgment status indicates when a user who has been set as a recipient of the topic has read the topic.
You can enable the "Acknowledgment Status" feature only when you post a new topic.
Topic Details Screen
Only the system administrator and users with administrative privileges can add a category.
Post period is set up based on the author’s time zone. You cannot edit the time zone of the topic that is already posted.
The notification recipients are managed by the system administrator or the operational administrators of the category of Bulletin Board.
The "Attachments" screen is displayed by clicking "Details of attachments", or by clicking "Attachments" on the "Topic details" screen. The usage is the same as for Cabinet. However, you can edit only the files that you have attached.
You can reuse the information and the body of a topic.
Click "Reuse" on the "Topic details" screen to create a new topic.
The new topic is posted under the same category as the original topic.
On the "Topic details" screen, click "Edit" to edit the body of the topic.
Only the topic author and the system administrator can edit topics.
You are registered as an updater and displayed on the "Topic list" screen when you edit the body of the post.
You cannot set the end date of the public period prior to the current date.
You cannot edit the category of topics. Only the system administrator and user with administrative privileges can edit a category and move topics to different categories.
Click "Delete" on the "Topic details" screen to delete a topic.
Only the topic author can delete the topic.
The system administrator can delete topics on the system administration screen.
You can add comments to topics. Comments are displayed in chronological order.
A comment can only be deleted by its author.
The system administrator can enable the anchor function.
When the anchor function is enabled, the comment link is activated only by adding ">>" in front of the comment number.
You can save a topic as a file by clicking "Save as file" on the "Topic details" screen.
You cannot save any topics that are listed under the Waiting to be published or Draft categories.
The following information is saved to a text file:
Subject
From
Category
Date and time
Public period
Body
File names of attachments
Comments
Comments are saved in the reverse order of the "Topic details" screen.
You can only save the names of attachments, not their contents.
This section is for users who are not using Full text search.
For users who are using Full text search, refer to the following page:
Full Text Search Function on Each Application
You can search topics by clicking "Advanced search" on the "Bulletin Board" screen. The following search options are available:
Search text:
Enter the keywords to search.
Search category:
Searches in the selected folder or in all folders.
Search subcategory:
Select the check box to search in subfolders.
Search period:
Past 1 month, Past 3 months, Past 6 months, Past 1 year, or All items
Search in:
Category name, Subject, Body, From, or Comments
You can set up update notifications on a category.
To set up update notifications:
For all users: On the screen of the category on which you want to set notifications, click "Edit notifications".
For users with operational administrative privileges: On the screen of the category on which you want to set notifications, click "Option" > "Category details" > "Notification settings".
Update Notification Restrictions
Item | Action | |
---|---|---|
Setting Up Update Notifications | Stop update notification | |
per topic | Not possible1 | ✓ |
per category | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ : This action is possible.
1:For topics in categories with update notifications enabled, you can resume notifications even after disabling the notification.