Customizing the Your Apps Menu

Customizing the Your Apps Menu

AVAILABLE TO: Administrators and Employees

If you are a member of the Administrators or Employees group, you have the ability to customize the Your Apps menu commands that appear in the left navigation pane of your user feed. In addition, a number of the commands that are available in the Your Apps menu are also available in the left navigation area of the group, tag, and topic feeds in Pulse.

About the Your Apps Menu

In order to view the Your Apps menu, you must be logged into Pulse from either the Pulse dashboard or the Flare output. In the Flare output, you can access the Your Apps menu by selecting the Community tab. In the Pulse dashboard, select the Pulse > Home menu command to view the Your Apps menu in your user feed. You can also navigate to different group, tag, and topic feeds and use the commands that are available in the left navigation pane.

The table below details the apps that are available in the Your Apps menu on your user feed (or in the left navigation pane of the group, tag, or topic feeds in Pulse). An asterisk (*) by the App Name denotes that an app is available by default on the Your Apps menu of your user feed.

App Name	Description	Group Feed	Tag Feed	Topic Feed	User Feed	Learn More
Articles	Read and review the articles posted to Pulse (see Posting Articles). Note For an article to appear as an update when using the Articles app on your user feed, you must be following the group, tag, topic, or user feed where the article was posted. See Following Community Activities.					Articles
Files	Upload files to share with others, and download files. See Files.					Files
Mentions*	Shows all of the times you were mentioned in a conversation. See Mentioning Documents, People, and Groups.					Mentions
Messages*	View and send messages to other users.					Messages
Moderation	View content that is pending, awaiting moderation.					Moderation
Most Recent*	View and moderate the recent Pulse community activity.					Most Recent
Notifications*	Shows all of the notifications you've received from the Pulse system. See Notifications. Note For a notification to appear as an update when using the Notifications app on your user feed, you must be the recipient of a notification or following the group, tag, topic, or user feed where the corresponding notification activity was posted. See Following Community Activities.					Notifications
Profile	Open the Settings to update your profile. See Editing Your Profile.					Profile
Questions	Read and respond to the questions added to Pulse. See Posting Questions. Note For a question to appear as an update when using the Questions app on your user feed, you must be following the group, tag, topic, or user feed where the question was posted. See Following Community Activities.					Questions
Read it Later	Bookmark posts to add it to your read it later list. See Bookmarking a Post to Read it Later.					Read It Later
Tasks*	Assign and manage tasks. See Assigning Tasks.					Tasks
Top News	Shows you the most active posts in Pulse. Note For an activity to appear as an update when using the Top News app on your user feed, you must be following the group, tag, topic, or user feed where the activity was posted. See Following Community Activities.					Top News
Statuses	Shows the latest updates posted to the selected feed.					Statuses

How to Customize the Menu Commands on the Your Apps Menu

1. Log in to the Flare content or Pulse dashboard using an account that is a member of the Administrators or Employees group.

2. Depending on where you logged in, select the appropriate option:

   • Flare Output If you logged into the Flare output, click the Community tab. The Your Apps menu appears in the left navigation pane.

     

   • Dashboard If you logged into the Pulse dashboard, choose Pulse > Home to view the Your Apps menu in your user feed.

     

3. Click the MORE link. This opens the Customize Your Apps dialog.

4. Select the apps that you want to display in your user feed from the menu. A blue background indicates the app is selected. This will not have an effect on the availability of menu commands on the group, tag, or topic feeds.

   

5. Close the Customize Your Apps dialog. The Your Apps menu is updated with your selections.