access level

The degree to which users can affect a Collaboration object. The access levels are: no access, read, write, and full control.

announcement

A mechanism for communicating important information to you and other project users. Posted and managed by Project Leaders.

base date

In a project template, the base date establishes a fixed starting point for the calendar items in the template. All calendar item dates are relative to the base date. When a project is created from the template, events, milestones, and tasks are given the same relative dates but based on the project's start date.

calendar

Collaboration portlet that displays items that have date properties: tasks ( single units of work done by one person), events (occurrences outside of a project that are of interest to project users), and milestones (single occurrences that are important in a project).

calendar item

Can be a task (a single unit of work done by one person), an event (occurrence outside of a project that is of interest to project users), or a milestone (single occurrence that is important in a project).

claim

Assign an unassigned task to yourself.

Collaboration

Portal application that allows users to participate online in  working on and managing workgroup projects.

Collaboration Administration

Collaboration portlet that provides maintenance functions for Collaboration. Users who do not have permission to perform administrative operations in Collaboration cannot see this portlet.

Community Announcements

Collaboration portlet that allows a Project Leader to post important information to project users.

Community Calendar

Collaboration portlet that lists items that have date properties. Calendar items include: tasks (single units of work done by one person), events (occurrences outside of a project that is of interest to project users), and milestones (single occurrences that are important in a project).

Community Discussion Messages

Collaboration portlet that lists individual messages within discussion topics.

Community Discussions

Collaboration portlet that provides access to the online conversations related to a project. Each discussion is a virtual forum that allows you and other project users to communicate on a particular topic. Discussions contain topics of online conversation related to the discussion subject. A topic contains an original posting and all replies to it or to other replies.

Community Documents

Collaboration portlet that allows you to upload project documents, check out  documents for revision then check in new versions, and track the history of all document revisions.

Community Manager

A portal user who can create and manage a Community. This user has Read/Write permission for the Community.

Community QuickLink

A bookmark that a Community Manager can create to a Collaboration object. Collaboration places this link in the object's associated Community Tasks, Community Documents or Community Discussions portlet. Community Managers can specify that the community portlets only display objects that are accessible by Community QuickLinks. To do this, click View | QuickLinks in the Community Tasks, Community Documents or Community Discussions portlets.

Community Task Lists

Collaboration portlet that contains tasks to complete a project , some phase of a project or a to-do list. Facilitates organizing of project work.

Community Tasks

Collaboration portlet that lists individual tasks for one or more projects. You can change the status of tasks assigned to you from Not Started, to Active, then to Completed.

daily task summary notification

A system-generated email that is sent every night to users. This email can inform Project Members when the start date or end date occurs for one or more of the tasks that are assigned to them. This email can also alert selected Project Members of any overdue tasks that are in a task list.

details pane

Lower right section of the application view. You can view details and descriptions (if provided) of items selected in the table pane. You can also perform various actions, such as notifying others about the document you uploaded or subscribing to a discussion.

discussion

A virtual forum that permits you and other project users to participate in online conversations. Discussions are associated with projects.

document

Project documents or files are uploaded to Collaboration and held in a repository. Collaboration provides the facilities to check out files, check in revised files, and submit project files to the portal. Collaboration tracks all activities about a file in its file revision history.

document storage area

The storage space for Collaboration project documents. When users upload or check in a document, Collaboration stores it in the document storage area. The document storage area stores all versions of a document.

dormant

Status that can be assigned to a project that is no longer active, but which should not be deleted from Collaboration. A dormant project might be archived.

event

An occurrence that is important to project users and that can impact completion of project work.

file

Project documents or files are uploaded to Collaboration and stored in a document repository. Collaboration provides the facilities to check out files for editing, check in file revisions, and publish project documents or files to the portal Knowledge Directory. Collaboration tracks check-in activity about a file in its file history.

file type

An identifier for the content of a file. File types are: MS Word document, MS Excel spreadsheet, MS PowerPoint presentation, HTML document, Zip compressed file,  MS Project document, MS Visio document, PDF file, and text file. Additional file types can be defined in the configuration file for Collaboration.

full control

Project Leaders have full control for Collaboration objects. This includes Read, Write, and Edit permission for the objects, as well as the ability to set role permissions for the object.

functional area

Collaboration provides various functional areas where users can perform actions to manage and track their projects. The functional areas are Overview (of the project), Calendar, Documents, Discussions, and Tasks.

guest portal

Another portal whose users log onto and use your Collaboration. Guest portals are set up and configured by portal administrators.

message

Any posting. A message can be the original posting in a topic, or it can be a reply to the original posting or to another reply.

milestone

A single date that represents an important occurrence in a project.

My Announcements

Displays announcements for projects. Announcements are posted by the Project Leader as a way to convey important information to you and other project users.

My Calendar

Lists Collaboration objects that have date properties. Calendar items include: tasks (single units of work done by one person), events (occurrences outside of a project that are of interest to project users), and milestones (single occurrences that are important in a project).

My Discussions

Provides access to online conversations related to a project. Each discussion is an online forum that allows you and other project users to communicate on various topics. Discussions usually contain many topics, each containing an original posting and replies.

My Documents

Lists the documents associated with projects. Allows you to view information about a document as well as the content of a document. The working versions of documents that contain text are indexed and can be searched.

My Project Search

Allows you to search all projects available to you or just the projects you select. You can search all categories of information or just a single category.

My Project Selector

Allows you to select the projects for which you want to see detailed information. My Project Selector shows the complete list of all projects you have selected anywhere on your My Page.

My Projects

Allows you to select the projects for which you want to see detailed information. My Project Selector shows the complete list of all projects you have selected anywhere on your My Page.

My QuickLink

A bookmark that you can create to a Collaboration object. Collaboration places this link in the object's associated My Tasks, My Documents or My Discussions portlet. To view only the objects that are accessible by My QuickLinks, click View | QuickLinks in the My Tasks, My Documents or My Discussions portlets.

My Task Lists

Displays task lists for projects. Task lists contain the tasks to be completed for a project , some phase of a project or a to-do list.

My Tasks

Displays tasks assigned to you for your project(s). You can view the project's unassigned tasks, as well, and, if you want, you can claim an unassigned task.; that is, assign the task to yourself.

navigation pane

The left section of the application view that contains a tree of subfolders called the navigation tree. To view the contents of the navigation tree on the table pane, click on a node or folder in the navigation tree.

navigation tree

A tree of subfolders in the navigation pane of the application view. To view the contents of the navigation tree on the table pane, click on a node or folder in the navigation tree.

Notification Server

A Collaboration component that sends email notifications to users who have provided their names and email addresses and who have subscribed to one or more documents or one or more discussions. Users can also receive notifications when they are assigned a task, when the task should be started, or when the task is due.

owning portal

A portal that has installed and configured Collaboration. Other portals can share Collaboration as guest portals.

permission

The ability to perform a certain action. Permissions are specified for Collaboration roles and users are assigned to a role, thereby acquiring the set of permissions defined for that role.

personal project

A private project for your own use. It includes Notes, Documents, Tasks, and Calendar functionality that are similar to a shared Collaboration project, which you could use to store your own files, appointments, and to-do list.

project

The common workspace for members working together on a project.

Project Explorer

Collaboration application view that lists projects available to you. You can select a project you want to see on the your My Page by selecting the project name. Also used by the community manager to create new projects or archive obsolete projects.

Project Guest

A role in Collaboration. A user in the Project Guest role can view project objects and can reply to messages.

Project Leader

A role in Collaboration. A user in the Project Leader role has read/write access to all Collaboration objects and can perform all actions related to the objects. This role can set access levels and permissions for user roles in the project.

Project Member

A role in Collaboration. A user in the Project Member role can view project objects and can perform many key actions related to objects used manage projects.

Project Search

You can search the content of text documents and properties of many of the Collaboration objects. You can search all projects to which you are assigned, or just projects you have selected to view.

Project Selector

Collaboration portlet that lists projects available to you. Also used by the Community Manager to create new projects. You can select a project you want to see on the Community page by checking its name.

role

A Collaboration mechanism that controls access levels and permissions for Collaboration objects. Users are assigned to a role, thereby determining what that user can do within a project.

Search Service

Available through Project Search or My Project Search. Allows you to search the content of project documents as well as text in some properties of Collaboration objects.

subject

In a discussion, a line of conversation that starts with a single posting by one user and multiple replies to the posting or to other replies. The messages in a topic usually relate to the subject of the topic.

subtask

Just as task lists contain tasks, individual tasks can contain subtasks. There can be four levels of subtask for any task. When a task has subtasks, the task start and due dates are calculated based on the start and due dates of its subtasks.

table pane

Upper right section of the application view. The table pane displays all objects contained in the node you selected in the navigation tree. You can also view detailed information about the objects in the table pane by selecting the check box next to the item. Detailed information appears on the details pane.

task

A single unit of work done by one person.

task list

A list of individual tasks required to complete a project , one phase of a project, or a to-do list. Task lists have date properties that are calculated based on the dates of the tasks it contains.

UNC

Uniform Naming Convention. Its format is:  \\\\server_name\\folder_name

workflow

A set of content approval steps the purpose of which is to enable approval of content before it is released. Workflow is managed through Publisher.

working version

Usually, this is the latest revision of a project document. However, you can designate a previous version of a document as the working version.