What about direct messaging?

[former_member322]

Hi colleagues,

Am I missing it or is it really not going to be in 1DX?

Thanks,

Kirill

[caroleighdeneen · Accepted solution]

The messaging feature will be very similar to what we have today (you can chat with members following you). We will not have public chat. Do you see a Send a Direct Message link from the widget that opens if you click your avatar in the header?

[engswee · Accepted solution]

Just jumping in to the conversation, I tried that but received the following error.

Any additional authorization/roles required?

[former_member322 · Accepted solution]

Hi Eng,

I guess this URL should be incorrect at this point. Messaging in the new platform got to be going under profiles system, people.sap.com

E.g. I found someone in answerhub or blogs, clicked his avatar, his profile opened and I sent him a message there.

Best regards,

Kirill.

[former_member322 · Accepted solution]

Hi Caroleigh,

Thank you!

Nope, I can't send messages to myself, but other members, including those that aren't following me.

Best regards,

Kirill.

[oliver]

Messages is our new central group chat, based on an internal used IT solution called Relay. You can go directly there, as Caroleigh pointed out, from the user dropdown in the header. Once there, you have a standalone chat application where you can chat with people in your network (everybody who follows you - Twitter style)

Another way to get to Relay is to send a message to a person from her People profile. On the profile the Send Message button should only be visible/enabled when she follows you. When you click Send Message, it opens Messages with a new/existing chat with that person. It just simplifies send a message to a single person.

But exactly what I just described with the People profile, isn't implemented yet. At the moment it is still possible to send an email to any other community member. This integration is planned in one of the next sprints.

If it returns for your a 403, I would like to better understand why. the application is publicly accessible. We identified an issue with the domain name mapping in HCP (where Relay is running), so maybe it is related to that. But an access permission error I haven't seen yet.

Because of the domain name issue, Messages currently only returns a 503 (at least for me), but should be back on Monday.

[JL23]

I have just send you a direct message.

You have no sign for moderator in the Beta space, so you probably need to follow somebody and this somebody needs to follow you to be ready for direct messaging.