Working with Comments
This topic discusses how to use comments. Agency staff can view, modify, and add comments on the Comments page for a transaction, contractor license, case, or incident.
Applicants and contacts with application access can view and add comments to their own applications as well as update and delete the comments they added themselves. See the section "Security Details for Working with Comments" for information about setting up security for agency staff, applicants, and application contacts to manage comments.
Security Details for Working with Comments
This section describes important security roles, requirements, or considerations specific to working with comments.
Primary Role |
Access Description |
Associated Job Roles and Abstract Roles |
---|---|---|
PSC Add Comments to Permits |
Add comments to permits till they are not closed. |
PSC Permits Management with Elevated Access PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC System Administrator PSC Permit Technician |
PSC Permit Management with Elevated Access |
Add comments to permits at all times. |
PSC System Administrator PSC Permits Supervisor |
PSC Update Permit Comments added by others and self |
Update permit comments added by others and by themselves. |
PSC System Administrator |
PSC Update Permit Comments added by self |
Update permit comments added by themselves. |
PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Apply Permit Duty PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC System Administrator PSC Permit Technician |
PSC Delete Permit Comments added by others and self |
Delete permit comments added by others and by themselves. |
PSC System Administrator |
PSC Delete Permit Comments added by self |
Delete permit comments added by themselves. |
PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Apply Permit Duty PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC System Administrator PSC Permit Technician |
Primary Role |
Access Description |
Associated Job Roles and Abstract Roles |
---|---|---|
PSC Registered Public User |
View comments on your own planning applications that are marked as visible to public. Add, update, and delete comments till the application is closed. |
PSC Registered Public User |
PSC Registered Public User |
View comments on your own planning applications that are marked as visible to public. Add, update, and delete comments till the application is closed. |
PSC Registered Public User |
PSC Add Comments to Planning and Zoning |
Add comments to planning applications that are not closed. |
PSC System Administrator PSC Zoning Administrator PSC Planning Assistant PSC Associate Planner PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC Permit Technician |
PSC Planning Application Management with Elevated Access |
Add comments to planning applications at all times. |
PSC Zoning Administrator PSC System Administrator |
PSC Update Planning and Zoning Comments added by others and self |
Update planning and zoning comments added by others and by themselves. |
PSC System Administrator |
PSC Update Planning and Zoning Comments added by self |
Update planning and zoning comments added by themselves. |
PSC Apply Planning and Zoning Duty PSC System Administrator PSC Zoning Administrator PSC Planning Assistant PSC Associate Planner PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC Permit Technician |
PSC Delete Planning and Zoning Comments added by others and self |
Delete planning and zoning comments added by others and by themselves. |
PSC System Administrator |
PSC Delete Planning and Zoning Comments added by self |
Delete planning and zoning comments added by themselves. |
PSC Apply Planning and Zoning Duty PSC Zoning Administrator PSC Planning Assistant PSC Associate Planner PSC Inspections Supervisor PSC Finance Administrator PSC Economic Development Officer PSC Chief Building Officer PSC Cashier PSC Building Inspector PSC Principal Planner PSC Planning Coordinator PSC Plan Reviewer PSC Permits Supervisor PSC Permit Technician |
For more information on creating roles for Public Sector Licensing and Permits, see Creating Custom Roles for Public Sector Licensing and Permitting.
For more information on all the predefined security data such as abstract roles, job roles, privileges and so on, see the Security Reference for Oracle Public Sector Licensing and Permitting.
Adding Comments
You view, modify, and add new comments on the Comments page. Three categories of comments are available for use:
Favorite comments: Mark comments you use regularly as your favorite and access them easily on the Favorite comments tab
Standard comments: Select and post a comment from a list of pre-defined comments on the Standard comments tab.
Recent comments: Select and post comments from a list of recently posted comments on the Recent comments tab.
Viewing and Modifying Comments
Access the detail page for the transaction, contractor license, case, or incident you are working with.
Click the Comments link in the left panel to view the Comments page.
You view a list of comments in the right panel.
You can modify, delete, or hide a comment from public view only if it was entered by you. Click the specific comment row to open the detail view and make changes.
Click Save.
Adding a New Comment
Access the detail page for the transaction, contractor license, case, or incident you are working with.
Click the Comments link in the left panel to view the Comments page.
Click the Add Comment button to open the Add Comment page and enter a new comment.
You can use the Hide from Public icon, to hide a comment from public view and also toggle between hide and show.
You can use the Rich Text Editor option for formatting your comment with tools such as the numbered list. The Link button allows you to embed a URL to display the text you enter. See Managing Comments to enable the option of Rich Text Editor formatting.
Click Save to post the comment and return to the Comments page.
Adding Favorite, Standard, and Recent Comments
You can post a comment that is already available in the system. On the Add Comment page, click the Select Comments button to view the three categories of comments:
Favorite: Comments that you have marked as favorite.
Standard: All the predefined comments available.
Recent: Comments that were recently posted.
Select a comment and click the Insert button to post the comment.
See Managing Comments.