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BIM 360 Docs: Send notification

BIM 360 Docs: Send notification

While the newly added feature of being able to subscribe to folder activity is helpful I think it would add value to allow users to send notifications to relevant project members (similar to how markup views in Glue can be sent to individual project members), regardless of whether those users have subscribed to folder updates or not. 

 

Is that functionality on the roadmap or any chance it will be added soon?

 

Thanks,

 

11 Comments
alexandrem
Autodesk
Hello, this request seems critical for many of our users, especially for BIM managers.
Groupe-NOX
Participant

Hi agree, with that it's extremelly important !!!

If it can be done ASAP, it's gonna be great

Lolke_Tjerkstra
Contributor

Hi there,

 

It would certainly be an added value if you've uploaded documents. Select these documents and send a message to specific team members for further action. Would still be better to also receive a copy message itself to monitor the action.

 

Thanks!

joan_allen
Community Manager
Status changed to: Future Consideration
 
joan_allen
Community Manager

Hi,

 

The Feb 28 BIM 360 Docs update includes the ability to cut and paste the document URL to share with other team members (that have permission) so that they can directly view the documents. Since this isn't exactly what you requested, I'm keeping the status of this idea as a future consideration.

 

Best Regards,

Joan Allen

Sr. Product Manager, BIM 360 Docs

anargessi
Community Visitor

Hi, is there any progress on this? we need notification system for users, otherwise how they should know about the updated docs.

 

Thanks

joan_allen
Community Manager
Status changed to: Implemented

Hi,

 

The latest BIM 360 Docs release (August 30, 2017) includes the ability to share a document or folder with project team members.  For more details, please refer to the Release Notes:   https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bim-360-docs-release-notes/bim-360-docs-update-august-30-2017/ba-p/73...

 

Best Regards,

Joan Allen

Autodesk BIM 360

Unknown_Account59
Collaborator

@joan_allen,

 

Hi Joan,

 

Whilst the update you referred to in your previous message gave the ability to allow the sharing of documents and folders is helpful, it doesn't go far enough. 

 

To start with, the Share tool only allows you to type in individual members accounts. Why is there not a checkbox system similar to how other parts of the system are set up so that you can select 'All Users', a company, or multiple users in one hit? There is clearly further development urgently needed here to make this tool at all usable. 

 

Also, can you please add in a reminder pop up when people upload something to BIM360? The pop up should show an option to 'Share with Team', or some similar wording, and so acts as a reminder. We're finding that people are forgetting to send a share notification when they upload information and this means we are having to rely on people setting up subscriptions instead. 

 

Linked to the above comment, can you please add in a report section so we can see who has set up subscriptions for each folder. This would give us the ability to check if people are at least receiving emails or not. It seems daft that we have the option to see when people view literally every document on the platform, and yet we don't have access to these other pieces of information. 

 

I trust the above makes sense, but please get in touch if you would like further clarification of these suggestions. 

 

Thanks 

farshad.rafatnia
Explorer

This feature is very much needed. We have sub-contractors and customers and we need to be able to officially notify them that a document is ready for their review and/or approval.

Joe_Ciampi
Participant

@joan.allen

 

i agree with @Unknown_Account59

 

This feature is really not Implemented, much more development is needed to make this functionality more useful.

jtolmen
Contributor

@joan_allen As @Joe_Ciampi  mentioned, sharing a document or file is not an implementation of this idea.  The idea is to provide a notification to members of the project if, say, a new drawing revision has been published.  At the current time, no notification goes out to all members, or any members if new revisions are posted.  This should be a basic feature and is a necessary function.  It needs to be understood that, although not ideal, many users are working disconnected; either their mobile device doesn't frequently connect to the internet and sync, or they are downloading the files and working outside of Docs because they don't have mobile devices in the field.  We need the ability to notify all members within the app that new drawings have been published.  My recommendation is that when sheets are published, the user would have the option to send a notification to all or select users.

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