The authorization window will close, and you’ll be back on ‘Apps’ page, with a dialog asking you to label your new channel, and save it in RSpace. Select a channel you want to post to, and click on ‘Authorize’. To register more channels, click on ‘Add to Slack’ button.Ĭlicking on ‘Add to Slack’ button will open new window, where you can select a channel from your team’s channel list (you may need to log into Slack first). You’ll see all the channels that RSpace can send messages to. To do that log into RSpace, click on ‘Apps’ tab and select ‘Slack’ app. You can send messages to Slack directly from RSpace document editor, but first you need to authorize RSpace to post to your Slack channels. Having trouble with getting the app to work? Check out the apps troubleshooting section. Channels may be removed by clicking on the Slack tile from within the ‘Apps’ tab on RSpace and selecting ‘Remove’ as shown below.In order to add additional channels, individual users (for direct messaging) or slackbot (for messages private to you) simply repeat the process choosing the required channel each time.You can check the channel has been added correctly by checking the dialogue box at the bottom of the page.You will now be directed back to RSpace and asked to create an RSpace label for your Slack channel.In the final login box select the Slack channel or user you wish RSpace to post to.You will be redirected to Slack login pages shown below (if you are already logged into Slack you may only see the third login box).If the box informs you Slack is currently disabled click the ‘Enable’ button.A dialogue box will open below the app buttons.Click on the ‘Apps’ tab in RSpace to open the ‘Apps’ page.Once that is done follow these steps to enable Slack within your app directory and begin communications with your RSpace team via Slack. This allows RSpace users to post links to RSpace documents directly into Slack channels or private messages sent over Slack.īefore using the RSpace integration with Slack, it must first be enabled by your Sysadmin. To find out more about the exciting capabilities of Slack, check out its user guides here Enabling SlackĪs of version 1.37 RSpace offers integration with Slack. Slack also integrates with many other organisational apps currently used: Doodle, Skype, Trello, Google Calendar and many, many more. one for the grant application due, one to discuss interesting papers etc) and team members may message the group as a whole or individuals within the group directly.
Channels can then be set up to discuss different topics (e.g. your lab group) which they may invite others (e.g. Slack is an online team-collaboration and messaging app tremendously popular with tech companies. Version 1.37 of RSpace welcomes an exciting new feature: the ability to directly link to RSpace documents from within Slack.