Sharing Comments in the Explorer :: SAS(R) Visual Analytics 6.4: User's Guide

About Comments in the Explorer

Comments enable you to share feedback with other users. You can create comments for visualizations and for explorations. Exploration comments can be viewed both in the explorer and on the SAS Visual Analytics home page.

View Comments

To display the comments for the current exploration, select File

Exploration Comments from the main menu.

To display comments for a visualization, select the visualization and then select the Comments tab from the right pane.

Comments are grouped by topic. If there are many comments in a topic, then only the most recent comments are displayed. Click Show All Comments to view all of the comments for a topic.

To search the comments, enter a search term in the Search within comments field.

Create a Comment under an Existing Topic

To create a comment under an existing topic:

Enter your comment text in the Respond to topic field that is beneath the topic that you want to comment on.
(Optional) Click to attach a file to the comment.
When you are finished with the comment, click Post. Your comment is saved and shared immediately.

Create a Comment under a New Topic

To create a comment under a new topic:

Enter the name of the topic in the Enter a topic name field.
Enter your comment text in the Enter a comment field.
(Optional) Click to attach a file to the comment.
When you are finished with the comment, click Post. Your comment is saved and shared immediately.

Edit a Comment

To edit a comment, select the comment that you want to edit, and then click Edit.

Note: To edit other users’ comments, you must belong to the Comments:Administrator role.

Delete a Comment

To delete a comment, select the comment that you want to delete, and then click Delete.

Note: To delete comments, you must belong to the Comments:Administrator role.