Creating discussion posts and replies

Respond to existing discussion topics and posts in forums by creating new posts in discussion topics.

About this task

If a topic is connected to Rational ClearQuest, the posts that you create in the forum are added to the Rational ClearQuest record.

Although you can display an image that you know the URL to, you cannot add attachments to a post in the Eclipse client. To add attachments, open the post in the web client.

Procedure

To create a post:

  1. In the Assets Editor, click the Discussion tab.
  2. In the Forums section, click the name of the forum that contains the topic you want to post to. The existing topics in the forum, if any, appears to the right.
  3. Click the name of the topic that you want to post to.
  4. To post to a discussion topic:
    • To create a post, click the New post icon New post icon. The New Post window opens.
    • To reply directly to an existing topic, if there are any, click Reply to this post Reply to this post icon in the post that you want to reply to. The "Replying to a post from User name" window opens.
  5. Type the contents of your post. If you want to format the text, add a link, or add an image from a URL, use the formatting tools.
  6. Click OK. The new post appears in the Assets Editor.

What to do next

Although you can edit a post in the Eclipse client, you must open the web client to delete a post.

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