Sharing forums among communities

You can also link forums to multiple communities so that members of many communities can create topics and posts within one discussion forum.

Before you begin

To link a forum to a different community, your role in both communities must have the Forum administration permission.

The forum that you want to share must not be private. Private forums are indicated by a lock icon that is next to the name.

Procedure

  1. Log into the Rational® Asset Manager web client.
  2. Locate the forum that you want to share:
    • If the forum is linked to an asset:
      1. Navigate to that asset by using the search page, the My Dashboard page, subscriptions, or the sidebars on the home page.
      2. Click Discussion.
    • If the forum is linked to a community:
      1. Click Communities.
      2. On the Communities page, click the name of the community.
      3. Click the Forums tab.
  3. Click the name of the forum that you want to share.
    Note: If the forum is marked private , then you can not share this forum across assets or communities. Private forums are indicated by a lock icon that is next to the name.
  4. In the Communities Using This Forum section, click Link Community.
  5. In the Link Community to Forum dialog, type any part of the name of a community into the text field; then, click Search.
  6. Select one or more communities that you want to link to this forum.
  7. Click Add.

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