Creating Messages

enaio® coLab 11.10

Project members can create messages in enaio® coLab on the Overview page of a project and in the Files view. Notifications are automatically created in enaio® coLab when accepting invitations, sharing files, and assigning tasks (see Message Types).

Creating Messages on the Project’s Overview Page

You create a message on the Overview page of a project by clicking the + Create message button in the header of the message list. In the input field that opens, you have the option of entering a message containing text with a maximum of 1,000 characters and symbols. Conclude the input by clicking the Creating Reference Documents icon. The message is immediately shown in the message list on the project’s overview page of all project members.

Creating Messages with a File Attachment in the Files View

You create a message with a file attachment in the Files view. Clicking the Files icon in the main navigation will open the files view.

To Create a Message with a File Attachment, Follow These Steps

In enaio® coLab, open the project room in which you wish to create a message by clicking the tile of the required project room on the Project rooms home screen.

If you selected the Slim, Slim +, or Horizontal menu type, you first have to click the Home icon in the main navigation before you can click the Project rooms icon in the submenu that opens.
If you selected the Overlay menu type, you first have to click the Main navigation icon in the coLab header before you can click the Project rooms icon in the main navigation bar that opens.
You can find more information about the menu types that are available at Customizing the User Interface.
Open the files view by clicking the Files icon in the main navigation.
Select the file in the directory structure that you want to link with a message and click the Create message icon in the row.

An input form for creating the message appears.
Enter your message text in the input field in the form.

You can enter up to 1,000 characters and symbols including spaces in the input field. The numbers above the input field indicate the number of characters you can enter and how many characters you have already entered.

The files view does not offer you the function of using icons, as offered to you when creating messages on the project’s overview page.
Click the Creating Reference Documents button to finish creating the message.

The message is created and shown in the message list on the project’s overview page of all project members.

The message on the project’s overview page is indicated by a File attachment icon.

If the features described above are not available to you, then it may be because you have been assigned a user-defined role that does not contain the corresponding rights. Contact a coLab administrator or the project room owner if you have any questions or if you need these rights.