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Communities page

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Last UpdatedApr 19, 2024
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The Communities page, accessible at Data Management > Communities, is the entry point for creating and participating in communities. Depending on your user roles and permissions, this page displays a different inventory of communities and options.

Community list

Each community that your tenant participates in is listed on the Communities page. From this page, you can review high level details for the community and view if you have access to view data streams from the community.

The following table describes each field listed for a community:

Field	Description
Community Details	Opens the Community details page for the community, displaying more information about the community.
Tenants	The number of tenants participating in the community.
Sharing Status	Indicates whether one or more tenant in the community is sharing data streams. Statuses include: Sharing Active: No tenants in the community have paused sharing. Sharing Paused: One or more tenant in the community has paused sharing their data streams. The total number of tenants that have sharing paused are also listed.
Member Status	Indicates whether you are a Community Member and can view data shared to the community within Sequential Data Store. If the field displays a status of Cannot view shared data, then you are not a Community Member. If you are a Community Member, this field is omitted. For more information on adding a Community Member, see Manage users in a community.

Select Community Detail to administrate the community or view more information about it. For more information on administrative actions, see the following topics:

You can also toggle between a card view and a list view.

View	Icon	Description
List view		Lists each community your tenant participates in as list items.
Card view		Lists each community your tenant participates in as cards.

Community list sorting

While in Card view, you can sort the community list by using the following sorting options:

Option	Description
Community Membership	Sorts communities by whether you are a member or the community.
Name	Sorts communities alphabetically by name.
Description	Sorts communities alphabetically by description.
Tenant Count	Sorts communities numerically by the number of tenants in the community.
Sharing Status	Sorts communities alphabetically by its current sharing status: Paused or Sharing Active.

Select the Sort icon to sort the communities by ascending or descending order for the applied option.

While in List view, you can sort the community list by clicking each column header. The list is sorted by the last column header that you click.

Community toolbar

Use the controls available in the toolbar to find, create, or manage a community.

Control	Description
Filter Communities	Type criteria to find a specific community.
Add community1	Creates a new community. For more information on this process, see Workflow: Create a community.
View invitations1	View any invitations that your tenant has pending to join a community. For more information on pending invitations, see View pending community invitations.
More options > Manage Default Community Administrators1	Configures which roles are automatically added as the default Community Administrators while you are creating or joining a community. For more information, see Manage default community administrators.

1Requires Community Administrator permissions.

Community details

When you select a community, additional details about the community open in a side pane. The following table lists each field that displays in the side pane:

Field	Description
Id	The identifier for the community.
Name	The name of the community.
Date created	The date that the community was created.
Description	The description of the community.
Sharing Status	Indicates whether one or more tenant in the community is sharing data streams. Statuses include: Sharing Active: No tenants in the community have paused sharing. Sharing Paused: One or more tenant in the community has paused sharing their data streams. The total number of tenants that have sharing paused are also listed.
Total Streams Shared	The number of streams shared into the community. If the field displays an Information icon, then you are not a Community Member. For more information on adding a Community Member, see Manage users in a community. Tip: Select the Launch icon to view shared streams for the community in SDS Explorer.

This pane also lists each tenant that holds membership in the community, along with its sharing status and contact email. Select a contact email to email the recipient. The tenant denoted with the Crown icon is the Administrative Tenant for the community.

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