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DiscussionTemplate

March 11, 2026 08:04 AM
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The DiscussionTemplate is a relationship type with ItemType as its source. The DiscussionTemplate serves the following purposes:

  • Defines Feeds that are used for aggregating Secure Messages and History records for items of this type.
  • Defines FileSelectors that are used for finding Files associated with the items of this type.

An administrator can make configurations to the DiscussionTemplate by doing the following:

  1. Login to Aras Innovator as an administrator.
  2. Go to Contents --> Administration --> ItemTypes.
  3. Run the search and open an ItemType, for example Document ItemType, for edit.
  4. Select the Secure Social tab.
  5. Click the New Discussion Template button in the Relationship toolbar to add a new DiscussionTemplate in the relationship grid.

Figure 4.

  1. Click the Class Path box and then click the ellipses to access the classification dialog box.

Figure 5.

  1. Highlight the appropriate class path and click to select and add it to the new DiscussionTemplate.
  1. Right-click the DiscussionTemplate and select Secure Social --> Open from the context menu.

Figure 6.

This opens the item tear-off window for the DiscussionTemplate.

Figure 7.

  1. Click to modify the properties provided in the DiscussionTemplate item tear-off window as required. Refer to Table 3 for the properties of the DiscussionTemplate along with its description.

Table 1: DiscussionTemplate properties

Property Description
Class Path(string: 512) Classification for which the DiscussionTemplate would serve as the default template (is_default = true
). It is a single template for a particular classification.
File Selection Depth(int; default: -1) This property defines the depth of the recursion in case of recursive message aggregation. The value “-1” means – no restriction.
Item Selection Depth(int; default: -1) This property defines from how many levels of recursion to collect files for viewing in the UI in case of recursive message aggregation. The value “-1” means – no restriction.
Default Visibility Identity(item: Identity) Identity to be used as the default shown in the Share with selector. A blank value means World. See section ItemType Configuration Options for more details.
Message Visibility Supported(boolean) if ON, the Share with selector is exposed in the Discussion Panel of any items of the given ItemType. If OFF, the selector is not exposed, and all messages are set to visibility = World. See section ItemType Configuration Options for more details.
Feed Template TabThe Feed Template tab defines Feeds and FileSelectors that are used for aggregating Secure Messages and History records for items of this type. For more information about the Feed Template, refer to FeedTemplate.
DiscussionTemplateView TabThe DiscussionTemplateView Tab defines options to change the Secure Message template style. For more information about the DiscussionTemplateView, refer to DiscussionTemplateView.