Get Started with Discuss¶
Discuss allows you to bring all of your company’s communication together through messages, notes, and chat. Share information, projects, files, prioritize tasks, and stay connected with colleagues and partners throughout applications. Forge better relationships, increase productivity and transparency by promoting a convenient way of communicating.
Choose your notifications preference¶
Access your Preferences and choose how you would like your notifications to be handled.
![View of the preferences page for CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/change_preferences.png)
![View of an inbox message and its action options in CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/inbox_actions.png)
The messages tagged as Mark as Todo are also shown in Starred, while the ones Marked as Read are moved to History.
![View of messages marked as todo in CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/starred_messages.png)
Start Chatting¶
The first time you log in to your account, CoquiAPPsBot sends you a message asking for permission to receive desktop notifications to chats. If accepted, you receive push notifications to the messages sent to you despite of where you are in CoquiAPPs.
![View of the messages under the messaging menu emphasizing the request for push notifications for CoquiAPPs Discuss](applications/productivity/discuss/overview/get_started/CoquiAPPsbot_push.png)
Tip
To stop receiving desktop notifications, reset the notifications settings of your browser.
To start a chat, click on New Message on the Messaging Menu, or go to Discuss and send a Direct Message.
![View of discuss’s panel emphasizing the titles channels and direct messages in CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/channels_direct_messages.png)
You can also create public and private channels.
Mentions in the chat and on the Chatter¶
![View of a couple of chat window messages for CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/chat_windows.png)
Tip
When a user is mentioned, the search list (list of names) suggests values first based on the task’s followers, and secondly on Employees. If the record being searched does not match with either a follower or employee, the scope of the search becomes all partners.
Chat status¶
It is helpful to see what colleagues are up to and how quickly they can respond to messages by checking their Status. The status is shown on the left side of a contact’s names on Discuss’ sidebar and on the Messaging menu.
Green = online
Orange = away
White = offline
Airplane = out of the office
![View of the contacts’ status for CoquiAPPs Discuss](../../../../_images/status.png)