Comment function in report

In the comment field, you can write comments and responses to the contents of the report.
Newly posted comments are displayed in the descending order with the latest comment at the top.
When you post a comment, an update notification is sent to the attendees and the notification recipients.
You can now send update information to other users besides the attendees and the notification recipients by specifying them as recipients when you post a comment.

Screen capture: Comment in a report

Posting a Comment

Writes a comment to the report.
You can also comment on a report that has not been set for attendees or notifications.

Steps:
  1. Click the app icon in the header.

  2. Click MultiReport.

  3. On the "MultiReport" screen, click the subject of the report you want to comment on.

  4. If you want to post a comment for a specific user, specify the recipients on the "Report details" screen.

    When you click "@Mention", you can specify recipients. For details, refer to the How to Use Mentions.
    Screen capture: Selecting a user to specify as a recipient

    In the recipient, you can specify users, departments, and roles.
    When the system administrator allows users to configure the role, you can specify roles as recipients.
    Recipients which can be specified vary according to the types of recipients.

    Type of Recipient Recipient which can be specified
    Users
    • For public reports:
      Users who are allowed to use MultiReport
    • For private reports:
      Following users can be specified as recipients.
      • Allowed to use MultiReport
      • Specified as attendees or notification recipients for reports
    Organization All organizations can be specified as recipients.
    However, if a department is specified as a recipient for a private report, only users who are specified as attendees or notification recipients for the report will receive the notifications.
    Role All roles can be specified as recipients.
    However, if a role is specified as a recipient for a private report, only users who are specified as attendees or notification recipients for the report will receive the notifications.

  5. Enter your comment.

    You can use the format editing feature. For details, refer to Working with Rich Text Formatting.
    Screen capture: Using the text formatting

  6. Attach a file if necessary.

    You can attach multiple files. For details, refer to Attaching Files.

  7. Click "Post".

Replying to a Comment

You can reply to a comment.

Steps:
  1. Click the app icon in the header.

  2. Click MultiReport.

  3. On the "MultiReport" screen, click the subject of the report for which you want to reply to a comment.

  4. On the "Report details" screen, click Reply for the comment to which you want to post a reply.

    The following two items are automatically set.

    • Original comment number for the reply
    • Recipients of the reply
    Screen capture: Screen to reply to a comment

  5. Enter your comment.

  6. Attach a file if necessary.

    You can attach multiple files. For details, refer to Attaching Files.

  7. Click "Post".

Reply All

Send a reply to all recipients (except yourself) specified in the original comment.

Steps:
  1. Click the app icon in the header.

  2. Click MultiReport.

  3. On the "MultiReport" screen, click the subject of the report for which you want to reply to a comment.

  4. On the "Report details" screen, hover the mouse cursor over the comment to which you want to post a reply, and click Reply all.

    The following two items are automatically set.

    • Original comment number for the reply
    • Sender of the original comment, and users (except yourself), departments, and roles specified as recipients in the original comment
    Screen capture: Screen to reply to a comment

  5. Enter your comment.

  6. Attach a file if necessary.

    You can attach multiple files. For details, refer to Attaching Files.

  7. Click "Post".

Deleting a Comment

Deletes the comment.
The comment can be deleted only by the user who posted it and the operational administrators.
No notification is sent even though you delete the comment.

Steps:
  1. Click the app icon in the header.

  2. Click MultiReport.

  3. On the "MultiReport" screen, click the subject of the report for which you want to delete a comment.

  4. On the "Report details" screen, click "Delete" for the comment you want to delete.

    Image of the delete link

  5. Click Yes in the "Delete comments" screen.

Useful Features of the Comment

This section describes useful features of the comment.

Anchor Feature

Anchor is the feature to set the referral link to the comment which was already posted.
A comment number is used to specify the comment to refer to.
By using two inequality signs (>>) followed by the comment number, you can create a link to the comment to which you want to refer.

Steps:
  1. Enter two inequality signs (>>) followed by the comment number to which you want to refer, and enter your comment.

    Example:
    >>2
    Screen capture: Entering a comment number

  2. Click "Post".

    You can access the comment by clicking the comment number you entered.

Respond ("Like") Feature

Respond is the feature to express your sympathy or acknowledgement for the other user's comment and body text, without posting any comment.
This respond feature may not be available depending on the settings by the system administrator.
The label of the respond feature (such as "Like") can be changed only by system administrators.
For details, refer to Working with Respond Feature.

Steps:
  1. Display the comment in the report.

  2. On the comment, click a link to respond such as "Like" and "Acknowledged". Screen capture: Respond link of a comment in a report

    To cancel your response, click a link such as "Not Like" and "Not Acknowledged".