View the Messages feed

The Messages feed displays geomessages and chats in various ways to help you maintain awareness of all the communications taking place during a mission. Geomessages and chats are displayed in the order in which they are received, with the most recent displayed at the top. You can also click Mark All As Read to clear any unread messages and Collapse All to collapse any open messages.

Chats

Chats are displayed in the panels with the following information:

• Sender—The name of the mission member who sent the chat
• Time—The approximate time the message was sent
• Last Message—The most recent message sent as part of that chat thread

Use the following tools to interact with chats in the panel:

• Reply—Opens the Reply To Conversation dialog box in the actions panel.
• Members—Opens a dialog box displaying the creator of the message and its recipients.
• Teams—Opens a dialog box displaying the teams to which the chat was sent. If the chat was not sent to any specific teams, this icon is unavailable.
• Expand/Collapse—Displays all of the messages that have been sent as part of the chat. These messages are displayed with sender, date, and time. At the bottom of this dialog box is a link to the Reply tool.

Geomessages

Geomessages are displayed in the panel with the following information:

• Sender—The name of the mission member who sent the geomessage
• Title—The title of the geomessage
• Time—The approximate time the geomessage was sent
• Attachment—An icon indicates if an image or images are attached in the geomessage

Use the following tools to interact with geomessages in the panel:

• Zoom To—Zooms the mission map to the geomessage and displays a dialog box containing information created as part of a geomessage.
• Members—Displays the creator of the message and its recipients.
• GeoMessage—Displays the geomessages description in the current panel.
• Attachment viewer—Displays images in geomessages. Click View Attachments in the drop-down menu to open the Attachment dialog box where you can view the images in the geomessage.

Filter messages

The Filter Messages button allows you to organize the Messages feed based on specific members or teams or by message type. Selecting a mission member or team from the list displays only the message traffic associated with your filter in the Messages feed and mission map. This helps you to emphasize or isolate specific events of activity that occur in the mission. It also makes it easier to find a specific feed item, especially in missions with heavy feed traffic.

To filter the Messages feed, complete the following steps:

1. Browse to the Messages feed.
2. Click the Filter Messages button.

   The Define Message Filter menu appears.

3. Select the members, teams, and message type you want to filter. Optionally, you can uncheck the Apply filters to the map option so your filter does not reflect in the mission map.

   This is enabled by default.

4. Click Apply to apply the filter.

To clear your Messages filter, complete the following:

1. Browse to the Messages feed.
2. Click the More menu.
3. Click Filter Messages.
4. Click Clear All.

   The Messages feed updates to display all tasks.

Sort messages

The Sort Messages button allows you to sort your messages based on key fields and in a specific sort direction. The Messages feed is sorted by date received with the most recent message on top by default.

To sort the Messages feed, complete the following steps:

1. Browse to the Messages feed.
2. Click the Sort Messages button.

   The Sort menu appears.

3. Click a key field in the Sort menu:
   • Received
   • Sender
   • Unread
   • Type
4. Optionally, choose a sort direction.

   This will change depending on what key field you choose to sort by.

   The Messages feed updates.

Cache messages

If you are the mission owner or mission lead, you have the option of caching certain geomessages to remove this activity from the Messages feed and mission map for all mission members. To cache geomessages, complete the following steps:

1. Once you open your mission, browse to the Messages feed.
2. Click the Cache Message button.

   A dialog box appears to confirm that you want to hide this mission activity from other members of the mission.

3. Click Cache. Click Cancel if you do not want to hide mission activity.

   Your mission map and mission feed update by caching the mission activity accordingly.

To view cached geomessages, complete the following steps:

1. Browse to the Messages feed.
2. Click the More menu.
3. Click View Cached Messages.
4. Click Restore Message.

   A message appears asking to confirm your action to restore the message back into the feed.

5. Click Restore.

   The Messages feed updates with the remaining cached messages.

More menu

The More menu allows you to view only messages you are involved in, view your feed as a list, and view cached messages. The default behavior of the Messages feed is to display all messages in the mission. Clicking View My Messages displays only messages that you are participating in. The View as List button changes your feed between collated conversation or segregated messages when they come into the feed without collating them. View Cached Messages shows hidden geomessages from the map and feed.