Use the Comments widget
to manage notes and observations that are associated with the information
currently being displayed on this page.

You use the Comments widget
in conjunction with the Draft Artifacts widget.
In a typical usage scenario, you would select a process (or another
form of information) from the Publisher Navigator,
examine it in the Process Viewer,
and use the Comments widget
to make remarks on specific areas of it.
The
Comments widget
includes the following sections:
- Configuration view
- Use this view to specify the display properties of the comments
widget.
- To launch this view, click the widget control icon (
), and select Configure.
- In the configuration view, enable the check boxes for the content
that you would like to conceal in the comments widget, and click OK.
- Comments management area
- Use the buttons and fields in this area to exercise handle comments.
- To create a comment, click New Comment,
- To remove an existing one, click Delete Comment.
- To copy the details of a comment to your local system, click Export.
- To abridge or scope the range of comments that are shown, select
an appropriate setting in the Filter by: drop-down
list.
- Attributes bar
- The attributes bar uses columns to sort the properties associated
with each comment.
|
Subject |
Displays the subject
line associated with the comment. |
|
Status |
The following status
states are possible: |
 |
Open |
 |
Closed |
|
Priority |
The following priority states
are possible: |
 |
High |
 |
Medium |
 |
Low |
|
Comment type |
The following comment types are
possible: |
 |
Problem |
 |
Question |
 |
Suggestion |
 |
Other |
 |
Number of responses |
The number in this column indicates
the number of responses associated with this comment. |
 |
Sort ascending icon |
This icon indicates that the column
on which it appears is currently being sorted in ascending order. |
 |
Sort descending icon |
This icon indicates that the column
on which it appears is currently being sorted in descending order. |
- Comments list
- Use this column to view the comments that are currently associated
with the selected element.
- To view a comment, click the subject line to launch the comment
view. From here, you can respond to the comment by clicking Reply or,
if you are the author of the comment, you can make changes by clicking Edit.
- If a comment has a plus (+) sign, then there is a response associated
with it. If the subject title has the prefix "Re:" then the listing
is a response.
- If a comment has an attachment icon (
) beside it, then there is either a file or URL
included with it.