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How-to: Using polls in timeline

Introduction

This document provides you the guide to creating and closing polls and also voting on answers in the polls. The steps in this document are also applicable to the poll functionality on the group timeline page.

Click on the following hyperlinks to navigate to the relevant sections:

• Creating polls
• Voting
• Closing polls manually
• Hiding running polls and closed polls
• Changing the date of the running polls or re-opening the closed polls
• Deleting running polls and closed polls

Creating polls

1. On the Timeline page, click Poll.



2. The poll creation area will be displayed as follows:



3. At Type of poll, you can select any of the following options:
• Single answer — Select this option if you want to allow only one answer per vote.
• Multiple answers — Select this option if you want to allow multiple answers per vote.
• Linear scale — Select this option if you want to allow a rating of 0—-10 for the vote.
4. In the Question field, type the poll question.    
5. In the Option fields, type the answers for your poll. You can add up to a maximum of ten options by clicking the + Add option hyperlink. However, the + Add option hyperlink is displayed only if the Single answer or Multiple answers option is selected. By default, the hyperlink is not enabled. Once the fourth option is defined, the hyperlink will be enabled, and the hyperlink will not be displayed once ten options are defined.

If you have selected the Linear scale option, select the range of the rating from 1 to 9, and from 4 to 10. You can type the label for the rating at Label (Optional).

You can click   to clear the text box and retype a new answer or click it to just clear the text box.

6. At Show live results, you can select how you want the results to be displayed. You can select any of the following:
• After voting — Select this if you want the results to be displayed after voting. By default, this is selected.
• After closing the poll — Select this if you want the results to be displayed after the poll has closed.
• Do not show results — Select this if you do not want the results to be displayed. Only the creator of the poll can see the results.
7. At the Closing in field, select the duration of your poll. The following are the descriptions of the types of duration that can be selected from the list of duration options in the poll creation area:
• One day — Select this option to end a poll by the next day and at the same time the poll was created. The day and time will be displayed next to the Closing in field.
• One week — Select this option to end a poll by the next week and at the same time the poll was created. The day and time will be displayed next to the Closing in field.
• Manual — Select this option to end a poll manually by clicking Close poll via the overflow option on the feed of the poll after it has been created.
• Custom — Select this option to end a poll on a specific date and time. Upon selecting this option, the Date and Time fields will be displayed.
8. At Share with, select the people or groups who will be able to see the poll that you are about to share.
9. Click Post.

Keep in mind: The remaining duration of the poll will not be displayed if you have selected to close the poll manually. 

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Voting

You can vote on the answers in the polls that you have created and in the polls that have been shared with you. Below are the steps to casting a vote on a poll:

1. On the feed of the poll that you have created or the poll that has been shared with you, select the answer(s).



Keep in mind: You can select multiple answers for polls that are of the Multiple options type.
2. Click Vote, and the current results will then be displayed as follows:



Keep in mind: You can point the mouse cursor to the results to view the tooltip of the result.

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Closing polls manually

1. On the feed of the poll, click .
2. Click  Close Poll.



3. A confirmation message will be displayed. Click OK.
4. The results will then be displayed. The total number of votes, and date and time will be also displayed on the feed.

Keep in mind: Once the poll has closed, a notification will be sent to the owner of the poll. The results of the poll will be displayed when the notification is clicked.

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Hiding running polls and closed polls

1. On the feed of the poll, click .
2. Click Hide post.



3. A confirmation message will be displayed. Click OK.
4. The poll will then be hidden from the timeline.

Keep in mind: Polls that are hidden from your timeline are still visible to other users.

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Changing the date of the running polls or re-opening the closed polls

1. On the feed of the poll, click .
2. Click Edit post.
3. Click Change to change the date, or re-open the poll.
4. Click Post.

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Deleting running polls and closed polls

1. On the feed of the poll, click .
2. Click Delete post.



3. A confirmation message will be displayed. Click OK.
4. The poll will then be deleted from the timeline.

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Related documents

• Discovering groups in Social Collaboration
• Overview of group timeline page
• Viewing timeline