Job Discussion in the Sidebar

The job discussion is a preconfigured function on the Comments tab that is used to facilitate communication with other participants in a job. Here you can write comments about the job and read the feedback received.

To use the full range of functions, you must switch from the job discussion in the sidebar to the Comments tab. There you can then upload assets to the discussion, for example. See the chapter Job Discussions Under the Comments Tab

You can reach the job discussion at any time in the sidebar of the job data sheet, regardless of which tab you are currently on. In addition to the actual comments, a chronological overview of the system events relevant to this job is also displayed there, such as the forwarding of a job in the job workflow.

In addition to your comment, you will see the following information:

  • The name of the user who wrote the comment.

  • The date and time the comment was created under the writer’s initials.

If the discussion area takes up too much space when you are editing a data sheet, you can hide the right sidebar completely by clicking the right arrow ⏵ in the center of the separator bar. This will display the data sheet tabs and field variables in full screen width.

Click on the left arrow ⏴ while the right sidebar is hidden to show the sidebar again.

  1. Open the data sheet of the job you want to write a comment about.

  2. If the Job Details are displayed, click on the title to activate the Job Discussion tab in the right sidebar.

  3. Click in the text field Add comment below the toolbar and enter your comment.

  4. Optional: You can format your comment with the text tools in the toolbar, e.g. bold, italic, or underlined, adjust the color, and create lists.

  5. If you wish, you can mark your comment as confidential by checking the box next to Private message.

    Confidential comments are restricted to selected participants or user groups of the job and are marked with a lock icon.

  6. Click on Save.

Your comment will be added to the discussion chronologically.