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Save a message as a draft

 

Introduction

In BCS Connect, you can save a message as a draft so you can finish it later. Did you accidentally close or discard a message? In many cases, you can still recover its content.

In this article you will learn how to save a draft, find your saved drafts, and recover a message you closed by accident.

Please note:
Drafts you save on behalf of someone else are not visible to you.

 

How does saving a draft work?

A draft is a temporary version of a message that you do not want to publish yet. Drafts are only visible to you and remain available until you delete or publish them.

  • Save a draft: you keep your message without publishing it.
  • Find a draft: all your drafts are listed under Messages → Drafts.
  • Recover a closed message: when you close a message in progress, you always see a prompt with the choice between Discard and Save draft. If you discarded by accident, recovery is often still possible.

 

Save a draft

Follow these steps to save a message as a draft.

  1. Go to Messages.
  2. Click New message and write your message.

  3. Click Save draft instead of Post.

  4. Your message is now saved as a draft and is only visible to you.

 

Find a saved draft

Do you want to keep working on an earlier draft? You will find it in the drafts overview.

  1. Go to Messages.

  2. Click Drafts to view all saved drafts.

  3. Click the draft you want to open to continue writing or to publish it.

 

Recover a closed message

Did you accidentally close a message you were working on? A prompt appears automatically. In that prompt you choose whether you want to discard the message or save it as a draft.

Info:
This prompt always appears — regardless of whether you are using the standard editor or the advanced editor.


Recover a message after clicking 'Discard'

Did you click Discard in the prompt? In many cases you can still bring the content back.

  1. Open New message again.

  2. Click Restore to bring back the content of the discarded message.

  3. Finish your message and choose Save draft or Post again.
Please note:
The Restore option only appears if you were using the Advanced editor.

 

Troubleshooting

I cannot find my draft

  • Check whether you saved the draft on behalf of someone else — those drafts are not visible to you.
  • Make sure you are looking under Messages → Drafts.

The 'Restore' button is missing

  • Check whether the Advanced editor is enabled.
  • Create a new message again; sometimes the restore content only appears after that.

I cannot solve the issue

Contact your internal Plek administrator or send an email to support.plek@bcs-hr.com.