Discussions - Overview

The Discussions application gives you a way to initiate and contribute to discussions with other members of your workspace team. Workspace members can use discussions to help organize ideas and collaborate on a specific aspects of the workspace. When you have gathered enough information or opinions, you can close a discussion. No new responses can be added to a closed discussion, but you can reopen a discussion if you decide you want more input.

There are two Discussion applications in PPM:

Global Discussions Application—The global Discussions application is accessible from the Discussions tab and displays all the discussions you have permission to view, from all of your workspaces. This is where most PPM users will read and participate in workspace discussions.

To open the Discussions application, click the Documents tab. If you do not see the tab, the application may be hidden or you may not have permission to access it. For more information about using PPM application tabs, see Using Global Application Tabs.
Workspace-level Discussions Application—The workspace Discussions application is accessible from the Workspace Menu within a workspace and displays discussions related to that workspace.

Creating a Discussion

Create a discussion when you want to get input on a topic from other team members. To create a discussion, add an initial post and select team members to be notified about the new discussion. The selected team members can then respond to your post. You can create a discussion from either the global Discussions application or from the workspace Discussions application. For more information, see Creating a Discussion from the Discussions Tab or Creating a Discussion in a Workspace.

Responding to a Discussion

Clicking the name of a discussion opens the Discussion Details screen which display the original post as well as all responses from team members. You can add to the discussion by responding to the original post or any subsequent response. Responses are listed below the original post and are indented to indicate the different threads that have been created in the discussion. For more information, see Responding to a Discussion.

Closing a Discussion

When a discussion is complete (a decision has been made based on input from team members, for example), you can close the discussion so that no more responses can be posted. Closed discussions can be reopened at any time. For more information, see Closing a Discussion or Reopening a Discussion.