Turn on or off the Story Privacy toggle
- Matt Kepple
Every story has a default Story Privacy Level that is based on the default Story Privacy Level of the project that the story belongs to.
A story’s privacy level can be changed once the story has been created but you can enable people to change the privacy level while they are creating or editing a story.
Steps covered in this article
How to see whether the option to change a story’s privacy is currently enabled or disabled
How to enable the option to change a story’s privacy
How to disable the option to change a story’s privacy
How to see whether the option to change a story’s privacy is currently enabled or disabled
Every story belongs to a project and every story is created using a Survey.
Stories are created using either the project’s default survey or a Survey that has been added to that project
Once you have identified which survey you want to manage this setting on, you can follow the steps outlined below. (The table below let
Steps
If Change update’s privacy is shown in the Questions List, it means that the option to change a story’s privacy is enabled on that survey
How to find out whether you need to add the setting to a project’s default survey or to a custom survey
Stories that are created using the project’s default survey | Stories that are created using a survey that has been added to a project |
|---|---|
Stories created using the Timeline Update on a Contact Profile Page | Survey responses by contacts who have been sent a unique survey link manually or via email |
Survey responses by Perspective Providers who have been sent a unique survey link manually or via email | |
Stories created using a Quick Update Popup from a Progress Board | Survey responses that are completed by anonymous respondents, i.e. anyone with the public survey link |
| Survey responses that are entered by a colleague whilst signed-in whether that is done from
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How to enable the option to change a story’s privacy
Press More Options
Select Edit
You arrive on the Edit Survey page
Scroll down to the Public Questions Library section on the left
The Change story privacy lozenge will be listed
Press the Add button to select it
It will appear at the bottom of the Your Survey Questions list on the right side
Use drag and drop to reorder its position in the survey as necessary
Scroll to the bottom and press Save
How to disable the option to change a story’s privacy
Press More Options
Select Edit
You arrive on the Edit Survey page
Scroll down until you see Change update privacy in the Library
Click the Delete Question button in the top right of that question
It will be removed from the list of questions
Scroll to the bottom and press Save