Creating discussion topics

To participate in forums and discuss assets, create new discussion topics. A topic is a discussion subject that you and other users can post responses to.

About this task

If a forum is linked to Rational ClearQuest, all of the topics and posts in the forum are displayed in the ClearQuest record.

Procedure

To create new topics in a forum:

  1. In the Asset Editor, click the Discussion tab.
  2. In the Forums section, click the name of the forum that you want to post a new topic to. Any existing topics are listed to the right.
  3. Click the Create a new topic icon Create a new topic icon. The New topic window opens.
  4. In the Title field, type a descriptive title for the new topic The title can contain spaces and special characters.
  5. In the Description field, type a description for the new topic. If you want to format the description, use the formatting tools.
  6. Click OK. The new topic appears in the Asset Editor.

Results

You can view the new topic in the web client.

What to do next

To edit the description of a topic or delete the topic from a forum, use the web client.


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