New commenting experience

Important  This feature is available only in the latest UI.

The new commenting experience enhances communication and collaboration on community, domain, and asset pages by offering advanced capabilities not available in the default commenting experience. You can mark a comment as resolved. Resolved comments are hidden by default, helping you focus on active discussions. You can also quickly filter to see the threads in which you are a participant, helping you prioritize and manage the most relevant conversations. Additionally, you are notified by email whenever a new comment is added to a thread in which you are a participant, ensuring everyone involved stays informed in real time.

Note 
  • The new commenting experience is available only if the New Commenting Experience feature in Collibra Console is enabled.
  • The new experience has fewer formatting options in the comment toolbar than the default experience. For example, you can't add an image or color your text in the new experience. If you apply such unsupported formatting through other means, the formatting may not render correctly in the UI or emails.
  • Comments from the default experience remain visible when the new experience is enabled.

How to check if the feature is enabled?

If the new commenting experience is enabled, Comments icon is shown in the title bar on community, domain, and asset pages. Clicking it opens the Comments sidebar.

Image of Comments sidebar

If the new commenting experience is disabled, the Comments section is shown at the bottom of the Overview tab on community, domain, and asset pages.

Image of the Comments section

Enable or disable the feature

The new commenting experience is disabled by default.

Prerequisites

You have the ADMIN or SUPER role in Collibra Console.

Steps

  1. Open Collibra Console.
    Collibra Console opens with the Infrastructure page.
  2. In the tab pane, expand an environment to show its services.
  3. In the tab pane, click the Data Governance Center service of that environment.
  4. Click Configuration.
  5. Click Edit configuration.
  6. Go to the Knowledge Graph Configuration section.
  7. In the New Commenting Experience field, select the required value.
  8. Click Save all.

If the feature is enabled, Comments icon appears in the title bar on community, domain, and asset pages. Comments from the default experience remain visible.

If the feature is disabled, the Comments section appears at the bottom of the Overview tab on community, domain, and asset pages.

Comments sidebar

The Comments sidebar opens when you click the Comments icon (Comments icon) in the title bar. Comments are arranged in descending order by date, with the most recent comment shown first. Resolved comments are hidden by default but can be viewed by switching on the Show Resolved option. A resolved comment is indicated by a green checkmark.

The following table describes the tabs shown in the Comments sidebar.

Tab Description
All

Shows all comments, regardless of who added them. Replies to a comment are nested within the comment as a thread.
Your Threads

Shows all the comments that you added and those in which you are a participant. You become a participant when you reply to a comment or are mentioned in a comment or reply.

Permissions

The following table contains the resource permissions required to add, edit, or delete comments.

Tip You can always edit or delete your own comment.
Resource permission Description
Comment > Add Add or reply to a comment.
Comment > Update Edit others' comments.
Comment > Remove Delete others' comments.
Tip Adding, editing, reopening, or deleting a comment doesn't change the resource's last modified date.

Add a comment

Prerequisites

You are assigned a responsibility on the community, domain, or asset with a resource role that has the Comment > Add resource permission.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
    Tip If no comment has been added yet, click Add a comment to open the comment box.
  2. Enter your comment.
    Tip To mention someone, select @ from the toolbar or enter @ followed by their username.
  3. Click Comment.
    Your comment is added. If you mentioned someone, they are notified by email.

Reply to a comment

You can reply to any comment. Replying to a comment notifies the participants in the thread by email, even if they weren't mentioned using @. A participant is someone who started the thread, replied in the thread, or is mentioned in the thread.

Prerequisites

You are assigned a responsibility on the community, domain, or asset with a resource role that has the Comment > Add resource permission.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
  2. Select the comment, and then enter your reply.
    Tip To mention someone, select @ from the toolbar or enter @ followed by their username.
  3. Click Reply.
    Your reply is added. Thread participants, if any, are notified by email.

Edit a comment

You can edit your own comment, including your reply. Editing a comment doesn’t notify anyone, even if you mention them using @.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
  2. Click → Edit next to the comment.
  3. Edit the comment.
  4. Click Save.
    Your edited comment is saved.

Resolve a comment

Any participant in a thread can mark a comment as resolved. A participant is someone who started the thread, replied in the thread, or is mentioned in the thread. Resolving a comment doesn't notify anyone.

When you resolve a comment, all the replies within that comment are also resolved. You can't resolve a reply.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
  2. Click → Resolve next to the comment.
    The comment is resolved and it disappears.
Tip 
  • Resolved comments are hidden by default. To view all resolved comments, switch on the Show Resolved option. A resolved comment is indicated by a green checkmark.
  • Resolved comments can't be edited unless they are reopened.

Reopen a comment

Any participant in a thread can reopen a resolved comment. A participant is someone who started the thread, replied in the thread, or is mentioned in the thread.

Reopening a comment doesn't notify anyone. Also, if you want to edit your own resolved comment, you need to reopen it first.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
  2. Switch on the Show Resolved option.
    Tip A resolved comment is indicated by a green checkmark.
  3. Click → Re-open next to the resolved comment.
    The comment is reopened. If the comment is yours, you can edit it.

Delete a comment

You can delete your own comment, including your reply. Deleting a comment doesn’t notify anyone.

When you delete a comment, all the replies within that comment are also deleted.

Steps

  1. In the title bar, click Comments icon.
    The Comments sidebar is shown.
  2. Click → Delete next to the comment.