Channel details and settings reference

The Details rail on a channel page shows what the channel is and who controls it. Nothing here changes topic content.

Settings

Field	Meaning
Type	Whether the channel is Private, Public or Subscribed.
Audience	Who can find the channel: Private (only people you share with), My department (your unit tree) or Everyone in the organisation.
Shared with	The people, departments and role groups the channel is shared with, and the number of people each share reaches.
Subchannels inherit this channel’s members	When on (the default), a share on this channel also reaches its subchannels. Turn it off to keep subchannel access separate.
Created	Creation date.
Owner	The person who owns the channel.
Posting	Who may publish topics (for example, Moderators & members).
Retention	How long trashed topics are kept before they are removed.

Access and notifications

Section	Meaning
Inspect access	Opens the access view for the channel, including why each person can see it (owner, share, department, role group or administrator).
Sharing	Opens the Sharing panel, where shares are added, given an expiry and revoked.
Notifications	Per-person setting: All topics, Mentions or Muted.
Rules	The channel’s posting guidelines, shown to authors.
Tags	Labels used in the channel, such as #important.
Related channels	Other channels linked from this one, with topic counts.

See also

• Create a channel
• Manage who can see a channel
• Subscribe to, or mute, a channel