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Listing Discussions for an Item

All members of a workspace can list discussions for it. Everyone with Read access to a folder, subfolder, or content item can list discussions for it. However, if the creator of a discussion has removed you as a participant for the discussion, that discussion is not be included in the list of discussion you see for the item.

To list discussions for an item

1. Navigate to the category list for the item using the steps listed in this table for the item you want to work with.

   To list discussions for a:	Follow these steps:
   Workspace	Click My Desk > Team > Workspaces. Click the Name of the workspace. The category list and Properties page for the workspace opens.
   Folder	Click My Desk > Team > Workspaces. Click the Name of the workspace. Click the name of the folder from the folder list. Or Click Folders from the workspace category list and click the Name of the folder. To access the Routes page for the folder, click Routes from its category list. To access the Routes page for a subfolder, click Subfolders from the folder's category list. From the Subfolders page, click the Name of the subfolder. Continue drilling down the subfolders until you have the category list for the subfolder. Then click Routes from the category list.
   Subfolder	Click My Desk > Team > Workspaces. Click the Name of the workspace. Expand the folder from the folder list to see the subfolder names. Or Click Folders from the workspace category list, click the Name of the folder, and from the folder category list, click Subfolders. Click the Name of the subfolder. Continue drilling down the subfolders until you have the category list for the subfolder.
   Folder content item (file, package, RFQ, quotation)	Click My Desk > Team > Workspaces. Click the Name of the workspace. Click the name of the folder from the folder list. Or Click Folders from the workspace category list and click the Name of the folder. From the Content page, click the Name of the item.

1. From the category list for the item, click Discussions.

The Discussions page lists all top-level discussions that you have access to for the item.

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By default, the system includes all discussions for previous versions of a file in the Discussions list for the latest version of the file. This means that when you click the Discussions category in the category list for a previous version, the page will be empty unless someone has created a new discussion for that version after a new version was added. Alternatively, your system may have been configured so discussions remain with the version they were originally created for.

For each discussion, the page lists:

Name--The subject of the first message posted for the thread. To read the messages in a discussion thread, click its Name.

Replies--The number of replies posted to the first message, including all replies to replies.

Last Message--The date the last message was posted to the discussion thread.

Owner--The person who started the discussion by posting the first message.

2. Use the Actions menu to work with the discussions as needed:
• To create a new discussion thread, select Create New. See Creating a New Discussion for an Item.
• To subscribe to be notified when a new top-level discussion is added for the item, select Subscribe. See Choosing Alert Events for an Item's Discussions.
• To have other people receive notifications when a new discussion is added for the item, select Push Subscriptions. You can only push subscriptions for the item's discussions if you own the item. Push Subscriptions is not available for content from Sourcing Central, such as RFQs, packages, and quotations. See Choosing Alert Events for Others.
• To delete a discussion thread, check it and select Remove. You can only delete discussions that you created and that have no replies. See Deleting a Discussion or Message.