Working with Subscriptions

The Subscription service allows you to subscribe to sets of information that you can access easily and quickly. From the Subscription portlet, you can do the following:

For each type of subscription, the following is displayed:

You can edit the Subscription service to update the subscriptions and unsubscribe from subscriptions. The Subscription portlet also updates the number of hits for subscription items when a new comment on a subscribed discussion is added that matches the scope and time period, and also when a new document matches the saved basic or advanced search criteria and time period.

ProcedureTo Subscribe to a Discussion

If you see a discussion you want to follow closely, you can subscribe to it from the Discussions portlet. Subscribing to a discussion adds the discussion to the list of subscriptions available from the Subscriptions portlet.

Steps
  1. From the Discussions portlet, Click the discussion to which you want to subscribe.

  2. Click Subscribe.

  3. Type the name of the subscription in the Name text field.

  4. Type the keywords you want to search for in the Query text field.

  5. Select the time period from the Since drop-down menu.

  6. Select a rating for the discussion from the Rating drop-down menu.

  7. Click Finished to subscribe to the discussion.

ProcedureTo Save a Search

The Subscriptions portlet displays a list of saved searches. If you perform a search from the Search portlet and want to save the search information for future use, the Subscriptions portlet allows you to add the search results to a listing of saved searches in the Subscriptions portlet.

Steps
  1. From the Search portlet, search for a document or discussion.

    The search result is displayed.

  2. Click Save this Search or Save this Discussion search.

  3. Type a name of the search in the Name text field.

  4. Type the key words you want to search for in the Query text field.

  5. Select the time period from the Since drop-down menu.

  6. Select a rating for the search from the Rating drop-down menu.

  7. Click Finished to save the search.

ProcedureTo Unsubscribe a Discussion or Saved Search

The number of subscriptions you can set up is defined by the system administrator. If you reach your maximum, you may want to unsubscribe to some items in order to allow new items to be added.

Steps
  1. Select Edit Options from the Subscriptions portlet.

    The Edit Options page displays.

  2. Select the checkbox next to the items to which you want to unsubscribe.


    Note - You may select multiple items.


  3. Click Finished to unsubscribe to the items.