Using Comments

Squore allows posting comments about charts, artefacts, action items and findings. Users in a project team can view and reply to comments when they notice that a discussion thread has received new posts since their last visit. You can also choose when a discussion no longer accepts comments or is removed from the project. In this section, you will learn the basics of commenting all around the dashboard.

Commenting charts

Every chart on your dashboard shows a speech bubble icon next to its title, as shown in the picture below:

Figure 1. A chart thumbnail showing a speech bubble icon

Clicking the icon brings up the Chart Viewer on the comment tab, in which you can confirm which chart you are commenting on and type your comment.

Figure 2. Typing a comment in the chart viewer

When you click Add, your comment is saved, and you can reply or add another comment.

Figure 3. The Comment pop-up after adding your first comment

When you close the pop-up, notice that the speech bubble icon next to the chart you commented changes to indicate that a discussion about this item has been started.

Figure 4. A chart thumbnail with a discussion indicator

Commenting action items

In the Action Items tab, you can add comments from the sidebar details by clicking the action item ID.

Figure 5. A comment thread initiated about an Action Item

Commenting findings

On the Findings tab, by clicking on each violation you can open the sidebar details and find the comment section where you can start a discussion.

Figure 6. A comment thread initiated about a finding

As on the Dashboard and Action Items tabs, the comment icon indicates whether a discussion has been started about a violation.

Figure 7. An ongoing discussion on the Findings tab

Commenting from the artefact tree

You can start discussions on artefacts by clicking Comment in the artefact action menu, as shown below:

Figure 8. The artefact menu where to find the Comment sub-menu

Following discussions

When you log in to Squore, you can find out which discussions have new comments by looking at the items that show the New Comment! icon:

Figure 9. You have unread comments in the discussion about this chart

In the discussion pop-up, new comments since your last visit are highlighted:

Figure 10. A reply to my comment appears in bold

You can also get an exhaustive view of all the discussions for the project by viewing them in the Comments tab in the Explorer:

Figure 11. Overview of discussions about a project in the Comments tab

From this view, discussions can be set to one the following statuses:

Open: New comments are accepted in this discussion
Closed: No new comments are accepted in this discussion, and it will be deleted in the next analysis
Locked: No new comments are accepted in this discussion, but the discussion thread will be saved for the next analyses

Any user in the project team can view and take part in all open conversations in the project.