Cliffs Notes – End User SCN Functionality Compare
Most of the regular users (I assume) will be looking for a quick reference guide as to what’s different between SCN and the new SCN (aka 1DX). In a similar approach to understanding Tags, I’ve tried to put together a summary and links to the various announcements. Again, I thought this might be an easy central place to validate our understandings. As well as this, I can imagine post-go live having these types of questions asked and perhaps a good input to FAQ
Document is open for anyone to add comments/edit
16/May – My Profile, Questions & Answers and a touched on a bit of Documents/Archive
16-May: Narrowed tables to fit into the old site style. /jim
Regards
Colleen
My Profile/Account Overview
1dX URL: Former Member
Item |
SCN |
1Dx |
What is my User Id? |
You currently login with your S Number, P number or email |
Same logon as SCN (authenticated against accounts.sap.com) |
Where can I see account age/member since? |
Via profile (privacy settings can hide from other users) |
Overview of account page under your name |
Where can I see my SCN Id? |
Via your profile > Bio > expand out details near your name |
Former Member Username and User Id will appear |
Where can I see last logged on date? |
Via profile (privacy settings can hide from other users) |
Unable to see – confirm with 1DX team |
Where can I change my password? |
Via your profile > Bio > Actions > Change password |
Former Member > Password > Edit |
Can I change my email? |
Redirects to https://accounts.sap.com/ui/protected/profilemanagement |
No change |
What is the URL for my account? |
|
Former Member or Former Member<userId> |
Where do I see my content (blogs, documents, questions) |
Your account > Content Tab and filter for type |
Former Member under My content |
Where can I set my privacy settings? |
Under your account > Edit Profile & Privacy |
Unable to see – confirm with 1DX team |
What privacy options do I have? |
Email, Contact Details, Location, Relationship to SAP, Short Bio can all be set to Everyone or Private (yourself only) |
Unable to see – confirm with 1DX team |
Do I have the option to create a Bio/About Me |
YES – where you edit your own account |
Yes – under your account |
What is the minimum information I must maintain against my account? |
First name, Surname and Email |
Remains unchanged |
How long can my Bio be? |
Unknown (more than 3500 characters) |
Up to 200 characters |
What pictures can I upload? |
You currently have an Avatar and 3 photos |
One Photo only which acts as the avatar as well |
SCN Gamification |
Your profile currently shows the Current Points (lifetime); Current Status; and Badges |
Refer blog on Gamification Changes |
Area of Expertise |
You set this in free text against your profile. Gamification in place until 31 May 2016 |
Points and Badges will be ‘archived’ as part of IDX and a new gamification model will be implemented. SCN status will appear in karma value/snapshot. Refer to Gamification Changes |
Can I specify my languages against my profile for communication? |
No |
Yes (multiple entries allowed) |
Can I add external accounts/links about Me (e.g. personal blog, twitter, LinkedIn)? |
Not really, more under general information or additional information |
Yes, under your profile > Elsewhere information. Multiple accounts can be added and will show as a hyperlink |
Where can I manage my newsletter subscriptions |
Your profile > Actions > Change newsletter subscriptions |
Former Member > Manage your newsletters – redirects you to https://www.sap.com/profile/subscriptions.html more subscriptions available in central place |
Communication with SAP (how can SAP contact you) |
Former Member > Communication Settings. Set whether or not SAP can communicate with you via email and/or phone |
|
Can I download vCard? |
Yes via your profile > Bio > Actions > Download vCard |
Unable to see – confirm with 1DX team |
Can I set status update? |
Yes |
No – no personal status updates and ability for people to respond exists in 1DX. |
View My Bookmarks |
Your account /bookmarks – shows blogs, documents, discussions, polls and status updates |
|
View my connections |
Your account /connection – able to filter on who you Follow versus Who Follows you. Summary of connections displayed against your profile overview |
Unable to see – confirm with 1DX team where this will appear as it has been discussed previously |
View my content |
Your account /content |
Former Member > My Content. To the left side is a summary to expand Content numbers out |
View my Activity Stream |
Your account > Activity |
Questions and Answers
1DX URL: answers.sap.com
Item |
SCN |
1Dx |
Can I raise a Discussion? |
Yes under a space |
Only for coffee Corner – discussions are not longer available in 1DX |
How do I create a Question? |
Navigate to a space and/or Raise a Discussion and mark it as a question. Assign it to specific space. Do not raise multiple questions for different spaces. Use tags to achieve cross posting |
|
How do I mark correct and helpful answers |
Option box against each response |
Choose Accept as the correct answer – it will show as ‘Best Answer’ |
How many correct and helpful answers are allowed? |
1 correct answer Up to 10? Helpful answer |
Unsure if helpful answers exist anymore |
Where do I create a Question |
You must create question within a specific space. Tag would then be used for cross-posting |
Create the question and select primary TAG as the replacement for a space. Unlimited secondary tags can be added for cross-posting |
How can I sort the answer thread |
No option |
Sort by Votes, Newest and Oldest |
Can other members like/dislike answers? |
Like Only |
Users will have the ability to upvote and downvote an answer for an answer directly against the question User will have the ability to Like any answers embedded in a reply. |
Can you like or upvote your own answer? |
No (option is deactivated) |
No (message will appear) |
Is there an alert moderator for the question? |
Yes |
Yes |
Is there an Alert Moderator for the answer? |
Yes |
Yes |
Is there a minimum length required for a response |
10 characters (message is shown) |
|
What is the visibility of my response? |
Everyone, including guests |
Everyone, including guests unless you are a moderator |
Can I edit my post |
Only if no-one has replied to it already |
|
Who is notified I make a change |
Everyone who is following the question |
Everyone if you choose tick box – Notify Followers |
Can I see revisions of the edit? |
No |
Yes – Actions > See Revisions Edit is available even if a person has put a comment against it (to confirm if this is due to Moderator rights) |
What is the limit to a reply? |
Not specified |
Comments under an answer – 10 to 600 characters in length No limit (it appears) to answer a question – can also include pictures and links |
Can I delete a post? |
Only Moderator can |
Yes – only marks as deleted. Does not actually delete. Delegation flag can be removed to reinstate confirm if this is related to moderation access as well |
Can I follow/unfollow the question |
Yes |
Yes |
Does my question auto save |
No |
Yes – this occurs as you type |
What is the length of a question title? |
Unsure but if too long it made it difficult to open the link |
255 character limit – error message appears that you must correct it “The form below has errors. Correct fields in red and try again” |
What is the limit to length of question contents? |
Unsure |
There does not appear to be one of it’s quite long |
Where can I see Activity stream for Questions? |
Appears in All Activity stream |
https://answers.sap.com/questions/index.html for all questions regardless of primary tags |
Documents
1DX URL: Archive.sap.com (not the only item)
Item |
SCN |
1Dx |
Can I create a document? |
Yes under the specific space |
No – documents will no longer be support |
Where can I see documents created in SCN? |
SCN relevant space or against author’s content |
|
Find migrated blogs |
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-XXXXXX where XXXX is the Document number |
same document number from SCN |
No more status updates?! Waaaaaaaa!!!! 😥
Jelena
I know but at the same time I'm pretty sure if you exclude our group from status updates (esp Steve Rumsby) you will find the remainder are
Status updates are coming, but won't be ready at go-live. See Steffi Warnecke 's eloquent, persuasion piece here: https://scn.sap.com/thread/3825522
Add your perspective if you want to help prioritize it:)
Nice write up Colleen!