Using Flags in Oracle Social Network Desktop

This section describes how to use flags from your desktop:

What are flags?

Note: For detailed information about flags, including explanations of what the different flag icons mean, see What do the flag icons mean?

Every message posted to a Conversation or wall shows a flag icon that tells you instantly whether a flag is assigned on the message. For example:

If the flag icon is hollow (), then no flag is assigned on the message.
If the flag icon is not hollow ()—that is, it's a solid color, possibly with secondary marker on it—then one or more flags are assigned on the message.

There are several types of flags:

For Your Information—Look at this when you have the time.
Please Reply—Look at this, and let me know what you think.
Please Reply - Urgent—Look at this now, and let me know what you think immediately. (An email notification is always sent for Please Reply - Urgent flags.)

To get more information about a flag, you can either mouse over the flag to see a tooltip (for example, "For Your Information flag for another from Name.") or click the flag icon, then click Manage Flags to see all the flag assignments.

Where can I see all my flags?

Click in the sidebar to open the Flags panel, where you can see a list of all the flags assigned to you, all the flags you assigned, or a subset of these.

Note: The number displayed on the flag icon in the sidebar shows how many flags are assigned to you.
Use the Options menu () to filter and sort the list:
- Flags for You—Flags assigned to you.
- Flags You Assigned—Flags assigned by you.
- Please Reply - Urgent, Please Reply, and For Your Information—Filter by flag type. The number to the right of the flag type shows how many of that type of flag is on the list.
- Sort By—Sort the messages by message date in ascending or descending order. For flags assigned to you, you can also sort by the date the flag was assigned.
  
  Note: Your sort settings are saved and applied whenever you view the Flags panel.
- Flagged For/Flagged By—Filter by the person you assigned the flag to or who assigned the flag to you.

Click a message to view it in its associated Conversation or wall.

How do I assign or clear flags?

To manage flags on an individual message:

While viewing the message in the Overview panel (click in the sidebar), the Flags panel (click in the sidebar), or the Detail window (see How do I open an item?), click the flag icon next to the message.
Assign or clear flags:
- To remove a flag assigned to you, click Clear.
- To quickly assign a For Your Information flag to someone, click the flag next to the person.
- To assign a particular flag to someone, select the type of flag in the drop-down list next to the person.
- To quickly flag everyone, click Flag All (in the Not Flagged section), and select the type of flag you want to assign.
- To quickly remove all flags (whether assigned by you or not), click Clear All (in the Others Flagged section).
- To remove a particular flag, click next to the person.
- To search for someone, enter part of the person's name in the search box.

Note: Although you can remove existing Please Reply and Please Reply - Urgent flags in closed Conversations, you can't assign new ones. You can assign only For Your Information flags in closed Conversations. For information on closing or reopening a Conversation, see How do I close or reopen an item?

To clear flags assigned to you on one or more messages from the Flags panel:

Click in the sidebar to open the Flags panel.
If necessary, select a view from the Options menu (): Flags for You or Flags You Assigned.
Select the flags you want to clear (using Ctrl+click or Shift+click), then click (at the top of the Flags panel).

Any flags assigned to you in the selected messages are cleared.