Managing Ideas / Editing, Deleting, etc - How To?
How do I manage ideas on my IdeaScale community?
An IdeaScale Web Portal is managed by Moderators. Moderators will have an Icon against their name indicating their moderator status. When signed in as a Moderator click on the Idea (click on the idea title) that you wish to manage (this is the "Idea Detail" screen). At the Idea Detail Screen, you'll have the option to edit the idea (click "edit" in the right navigation bar). This will launch the idea edit screen which will allow you to edit the idea.

The following fields can be editing on the idea edit screen:
- Idea Title.
- Idea Description.
- Idea Campaign.
- Tags.

How do I delete an idea?
To delete an idea, simply login as a Moderator, and then click "Moderate idea" and select 'Delete Idea'(see link in right nav).
How do I delete all Members from a community?
You cannot delete members but simply ban them from your community.
Login to IdeaScale >>Select Community >>Community Settings>>Members tab >> Update member status
- Choose current status of "Approved member"
- Set new status to "Banned"

How do I delete all ideas in a community?
To delete all the ideas in your community:
Login to IdeaScale >>Select Community >>Community Setting>> Reports Tab >> Delete ideas (in left navigation under 'Data Management')>> click "Clear Ideas".
Note : All your ideas will be permanently deleted. This cannot be recovered.
Will the 'Clear Ideas' command clear out ideas from a single community, or all communities?
The Clear Ideas command will delete the ideas in the community showing in the upper-right corner of the admin User Interface.