15.4 Supported Features

15.4.1 Navigating to the Home Page of the Mobile Interface

Regardless of where you are in the Vibe mobile interface, you can easily navigate to the home page.

  1. Tap the Home icon in the Navigation toolbar at the top of the mobile interface.

    The home page is displayed.

15.4.2 Searching the Mobile Interface

The Novell Vibe mobile interface enables you to search for people, places, entries, and attachments.

Advanced Search is not supported in the mobile interface. However, you can save an advanced search when you access Vibe from your workstation, then use it on your mobile device.

Performing a Basic Search

To perform a basic search in the Vibe mobile interface:

  1. Tap the Search icon in the Navigation toolbar at the top of the mobile interface.

    The Search drop-down menu is displayed.

  2. In the drop-down list, select the category for which you want to search.

    You can search for People, Places, or All.

  3. Select whether you want to search the entire Vibe site, or only the workspace that you currently are in.

  4. Specify the words or phrases that you want to search for, then tap OK.

    The Search Results page is displayed.

Using a Saved Search

Vibe enables you to perform saved searches that you have previously created and saved when you accessed the Vibe site from your workstation.

HINT:Even though the Vibe mobile interface does not have an Advanced search, you can create and save an Advanced search when you access the Vibe site from your workstation. You can then use the saved search on your mobile device.

For information on how to create a saved search, see Saving and Reusing Searches in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

For information on how to save an Advanced Search when accessing the Vibe site from your workstation, see Using Advanced Search in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

To access and use a saved search from the Vibe mobile interface:

  1. Tap the Search icon in the Navigation toolbar at the top of the mobile interface.

  2. In the Saved Searches section, tap the saved search that you want to run.

    The Search Results page displays the results for your saved search.

15.4.3 Viewing Your Teams

You can quickly view all the teams of which you are a member.

  1. On the home page, tap My Teams.

15.4.4 Viewing Your Favorite Places

You can quickly view your favorite places.

  1. On the home page, tap My Favorites.

To add or delete favorites, you must access the Vibe site from your workstation. For more information, see Managing Your Favorite Places in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

15.4.5 Viewing Your Recent Places

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to quickly view workspaces and folders that you have visited since you last logged in to the current Vibe session.

  1. On the home page, tap Recent Places.

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    From any other page, tap Actions > Recent Places.

15.4.6 Viewing File Entries and Attachments

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to view file entries as well as documents that have been attached to entries.

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that contains the document that you want to view.

  2. In the Attachments section, tap the name of the document that you want to view.

HINT:If your mobile device is capable of viewing the file in its native format, you can simply tap the file link to view the file.

For example, when you use an iOS device, you can tap the file link to view Microsoft Word files, PDF files, and Microsoft Excel files.

15.4.7 Viewing YouTube Videos

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to view YouTube videos that are posted in your Vibe site. However, you cannot use a mobile device to view YouTube videos that are posted in the Branding section of workspaces or folders; the video must be posted within a folder entry or in the Description section of the folder or workspace.

Your BlackBerry or other mobile device might not be properly set up to view YouTube videos. If you are having difficulty viewing YouTube videos from your mobile device, follow the instructions in You Are Unable to View YouTube Videos from Your Mobile Device in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

To view a YouTube video from the Vibe mobile interface:

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that contains the YouTube video that you want to view.

  2. Tap the YouTube icon .

    You are directed to the mobile YouTube site to view the video.

To post YouTube videos, you must access the Vibe site from your workstation. For more information, see Displaying YouTube Videos in a Folder Entry in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

15.4.8 Viewing What’s New

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to see new entries that have been added to the Vibe site.

Viewing What’s New in Your Teams

  1. On the home page, tap What’s New.

  2. From the What’s New drop-down list on the home page, tap My Teams.

Viewing What’s New in Your Followed Places

  1. On the home page, tap What’s New.

  2. From the What’s New drop-down list on the home page, tap All Followed.

Viewing What’s New in Your Favorite Places

  1. On the home page, tap What’s New.

  2. From the What’s New drop-down list on the home page, tap Favorites.

Viewing What’s New Across the Entire Site

  1. On the home page, tap What’s New.

  2. From the What’s New drop-down list on the home page, tap Site Wide.

Viewing the Newest Micro-Blog Entries of People You’re Following

  1. On the home page, tap What’s New.

  2. From the What’s New drop-down list on the home page, tap Micro-Blogs.

Viewing What’s New in a Folder

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to see new items.

  2. Tap Actions > New in This Folder.

Viewing What’s New in a Workspace

  1. Navigate to the workspace where you want to see new items.

  2. Tap Actions > New in This Workspace.

15.4.9 Viewing What’s Unread

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to see which entries have not yet been read.

Viewing What’s Unread in a Folder

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to see new items.

  2. Tap Actions > Unread in This Folder.

Viewing What’s Unread in a Workspace

  1. Navigate to the workspace where you want to see new items.

  2. Tap Actions > Unread in This Workspace.

Viewing What’s Unread across the Entire Site

  1. On the home page, tap Actions > Unread Site Wide.

15.4.10 Viewing the Workspace Tree

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to view the Workspace tree, so you can see the hierarchy of where you currently are and quickly navigate to a different workspace or folder.

  1. Tap the Tree icon .

    The Workspace tree is displayed.

15.4.11 Viewing Profile Information

You can view the complete user profile information for yourself or for other users.

Viewing Your Own User Profile Information

  1. From the home page, tap My Profile.

    All your profile information is displayed.

To edit your profile information, access Vibe from your workstation, then follow the steps in Modifying Your Profile in the Novell Vibe 3.4 User Guide.

Viewing Another User’s Profile Information

  1. Search for the person whose profile you want to view, as described in Performing a Basic Search.

  2. Tap the name of the user whose profile information you want to view.

    The user’s profile is displayed.

15.4.12 Creating a Folder Entry

  1. Navigate to the folder where you want to create the entry.

  2. Tap New.

    If you do not have rights to create an entry in this folder, this option is not displayed

  3. Specify the appropriate information for the entry, such as a title and description, then tap OK.

15.4.13 Commenting on a Folder Entry

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that you want to comment on.

  2. Tap Comment.

  3. Specify your comment, then tap OK.

15.4.14 Deleting a Folder Entry

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that you want to delete.

  2. Tap Delete.

    If you do not have rights to delete the entry, this option is not displayed.

  3. Tap OK when asked if you really want to delete the entry.

15.4.15 Calling Vibe Users with One Click (iOS and Android Only)

When you use Vibe from your iPhone or Android device, you can call other Vibe users with just one click.

  1. Navigate to the personal workspace of the user whom you want to call.

    You can navigate to a user’s personal workspace by tapping the user’s linked name that appears next to any entry that user has posted. Or, you can search for the user as described in Section 15.4.2, Searching the Mobile Interface.

  2. Tap the user’s linked phone number.

    A call is made to the user.

15.4.16 Sending E-Mail

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to quickly send e-mail to other Vibe users.

  1. Navigate to the personal profile of the user to whom you want to send an e-mail.

    You can navigate to a user’s personal profile by tapping the user’s linked name that appears next to any entry that user has posted. Or, you can search for the user as described in Section 15.4.2, Searching the Mobile Interface.

  2. Tap the user’s linked e-mail address.

15.4.17 Following People and Places of Interest

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to follow places or people. You can easily see activity generated in the specific place that you are following, or by the specific person that you are following.

Configuring Vibe to Follow Workspaces, Folders, and People

  1. Navigate to the workspace or folder that you want to follow. If you want to follow a person, navigate to the user’s personal workspace.

  2. Tap Actions > Follow this Folder, Follow this Workspace, or Follow this Person, depending on what you want to follow.

Viewing Your Followed Workspaces, Folders, and People of Interest

If you are currently following a workspace, folder, or person, Vibe enables you to easily see activity generated in the specific place that you are following, or by the specific person that you are following.

For more information, see Viewing What’s New in Your Followed Places.

Unfollowing Workspaces, Folders, or People

If you are currently following someone or some place in Vibe, you can unfollow that person or place in the Vibe mobile interface.

  1. Navigate to the workspace or folder that you want to stop following. If you want to stop following a Vibe user, navigate to that user’s personal workspace.

  2. Tap Actions > Stop Following this Workspace, Stop Following this Folder, or Stop Following this Person, depending on what you want to stop following.

15.4.18 Transitioning Entries from One Workflow State to Another

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to transition entries from one workflow state to another.

For information on how to create a workflow, see Section 11.0, Creating and Managing Workflows.

To transition entries to another workflow state in the Vibe mobile interface:

  1. Navigate to and open the entry that you want to transition to a new workflow state.

  2. In the Workflow section, tap the new workflow state in the drop-down list, then tap OK.

15.4.19 Using Folders

The Vibe mobile interface enables you to use most types of Vibe folders. However, not all folder types support the full functionality that is available when accessing the Vibe site from your workstation. For more information, see Section 15.5, Features that Are Not Supported in the Vibe Mobile Interface.