View topics

You can view topics you created and topics you have permission to see from your work teams.

1. In the left navigation pane, click the Topic Management icon ().
2. Select the Topics tab.
3. (Optional) From the Topic Workflow Configuration drop-down list, select a different topic workflow configuration.
4. (Optional) Select a View items for selector:
   • Me: Topics or actions visible to you and assigned to you.
   • Work team: Topics and actions visible to you and assigned to the selected work team. If you have access to more than one work team, select from the Work Team drop-down list.
   • All: All topics and actions visible to you. The Calendar tab is not available if you select All.
5. (Optional) In the Graph section, change the graph shown by selecting a different field from the Topics By drop-down list.

   Note:

   Changing the graph does not filter the topics in the Topics table.
6. In the Filter bar, click the Select Filter button to add or remove filters and then modify the filter values to limit the Topics table to those topics you want to work with.
7. Add a topic by clicking the plus sign () above the table at the far right.
8. Click the Header Action menu () to perform the following actions on the table as a whole:
   • Add or remove columns, sort columns, and specify the order in which the columns appear in the table.
   • Download the Topics table to various types of files.
   • Produce topic-related Oracle Business Intelligence reports.
   • Add a topic.
9. Click a topic's Row Action menu () to perform the following actions on the selected topic:
   • View: Display the general information about the selected topic, links to other topics, comments, attachments, actions, and history. You can have up to five view windows open at once. To edit a topic you're viewing, click the Edit Topic icon () in the upper-right corner of the View Topic window.
   • Edit: Edit the general information about the selected topic. You can only have one edit window open. If you have already opened a topic for editing and you try to edit another topic, Oracle Empirica Topics asks you to confirm that any unsaved changes on the other topic you started to edit will be discarded.
   • Delete: Confirm that you want to delete the topic and, if so, deletes the topic.
   • Reopen: Reopen a topic that is in a closed state.
   • Create PDF: Select attachments and actions to include and additional content about the topic. The PDF includes the general information and you can include the topic comments, attachment source details, and general information history.
   • Create ZIP: Select attachments and actions to include and additional content about the topic. The PDF includes the general information and you can include the topic comments, attachment source details, and general information history.

   Note:

   Some options are available based on your work team permission and the Visible to work team field.

Default field descriptions—Topics tab

The Topic Management page provides information about topics that are visible to a work team of which you are a member. If you have created any topics, those topics also appear.

The table might include these standard columns, and additional columns customized for your organization:

Column	Description
ID	Unique identifying number for the topic.
Work teams	The work team(s), if any, to which this topic is visible.
Project	Project, if any, with which the topic is associated.
Name	Name of topic.
Topic description	Description of the topic.
Current state	The state of the topic in the topic workflow. States are defined by your organization to represent expected workflow stages and are specified in the topic workflow configuration.
Reason for change	Last reason for change, if any, provided for the topic.
Assigned to	User or work team to whom the topic is assigned.
Keywords	Keywords, if any, associated with the topic. This is the column that is searched if you select a keyword at the top of the page.
Resolution	Last resolution, if any, provided for the topic.
Resolution date	Date and time when a resolution was provided for the topic.
Size	Total size of all attachments, including attachments to the topic and to any actions. Also includes attachments that have been deleted from the topic or its actions. (Deleted attachments are retained in the database, although they cannot be accessed from within the application.)
Attachment Count	Total count of attachments to the topic and to any of its actions. (Deleted attachments are not included in this count.)
Action Count	Number of actions in the topic.
Created	Date and time when the topic was created.
Created By	Name of the user who created the topic.
Modified	Date and time when the topic was last modified.
Modified By	Name of the user who last modified the topic, including modifying links, comments, attachments, or actions.

The table also includes columns for custom fields added by your organization. For information about viewing, printing, or downloading tables or changing the way data displays in the table, see About tables.