Slack Technologies, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc.

Michael Hahn

Liza Gurtin

Noah Weiss

John Rodgers

Pedro Do Carmo

Salman Suhail

Anna Niess

Kevin Marshall

Andrew Fong

Maria-Ivmer Real Kalalang

Michael Montazeri

Brian Stephen O'Neill

Sachin Ranchod

Tianxuan Chen

Ethan Eismann

Jammie Mountz

Elizabeth Catherine Harrigan

Corey Baker

Chaitanya Ravula

Ibrahim Madha

Serry Park

Michael Brevoort

Daniel Stewart Butterfield

Prajna Shetty

Matthew Hodgins

Siddhi Soman

Saurabh Sahni

Giacomo DiGrigoli

Sohom Paul

Patrick Kane

Farzad Khosrowshahi

Justin Rushing

Alfred Xing

Julie Haynes

Zach Forrest Y Salazar

James Colgan

Paul Duan

Neil Kamireddy

Ed Donghyun Kim

Manju Vijayakumar

Ryan Featherman

In association with a communication platform, one or more users can create, share, edit, and/or comment on a document. An indicator can be provided to one user that another user is presently interacting with the document. For example, the indicator can indicate information about a respective user, such as a permission level, virtual-space membership, and the manner in which the user is interacting with the document. In addition, the indicator may provide options to change or update information associated with a respective user, such as by inviting the user to join a virtual space of the communication platform and associated with the document or by changing permissions of the user with respect to the document.

Indicating user interactions associated with a document

Techniques for providing a suggested message to a user of a communication platform are described herein. The communication platform can receive a request, from a first user, to suggest a message (e.g., suggested message) to a second user with whom the first user is connected via the communication platform. The request can include contents of the suggested message and a user identifier associated with the second user. In some examples, the request can additionally include a suggested virtual space via which the suggested message is to be published, a suggested time for delivery, and/or the like. The communication platform can cause a presentation of the suggested message to the second user, such as via a user interface. In response to receiving an approval of the suggested message via the user interface, the communication platform can cause a publication thereof in association with a user account of the second user.

Message suggestions in a group-based communication platform

Techniques for providing a dynamic and modifiable sidebar of a user interface of a communication platform are discussed herein. The sidebar includes affordances of virtual spaces that are associated with a particular user account, such that a virtual space is accessible via a respective affordance. In examples, a section of the sidebar can be modifiable by the user, such as to enable the user to personalize the sidebar. The virtual spaces can include collaborative documents that are created and managed by the communication platform. In examples, the communication platform receives interaction data associated with an interaction of a first user with a collaborative document and identifies a second user associated with the collaborative document. Based in part on the interaction data, the communication platform causes a notification to be presented in a sidebar of user interface associated with the second user, to inform the second user of the update.

Document management in a communication platform

Techniques for enabling an efficient means of collaborating via a collaborative document associated with a communication platform are described herein. In some examples, the collaborative document can be created within and managed by the communication platform. In at least one example, a collaborative document can support editable text and/or objects that can be ordered, added, deleted, modified and/or the like, such as by members thereof. Additionally, the collaborative document can include messaging functionalities. In at least one example, the collaborative document can include or be associated with a document identifier configured to enable functionalities associated with the type of virtual space corresponding to the virtual space identifier. That is, the collaborative document can leverage existing paradigms associated with the communication platform to enable the functionalities. In at least one example, the functionalities can enable the members to collaborate efficiently and effectively via the collaborative document.

Communication platform document as a communication channel

Various examples are directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing an interactive developer interface of a group-based communication system. Various examples are directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for consolidating application data associated with an application within a group-based communication interface. Various examples are directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for indexing processing actions associated with a plurality of applications.

Systems and methods for rendering and retaining application data associated with a plurality of applications within a group-based communication system

Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for generating a collaboration hub for display within a graphical user interface of a group-based communication system. The collaboration hub comprises a list of recommended active users, a list of recommended active synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions, and a feed of recommended asynchronous collaboration threads such that relevant activity within the group-based communication system is viewable and accessible to users of the group-based communication system.

Collaboration hub for a group-based communication system

Media, methods, and systems are disclosed for generating a document from a workflow within a group-based communication system. A document may be created from a document template in response to a workflow trigger. The document may have a plurality of structured sections and a plurality of unstructured sections. Unstructured input may be received into an unstructured section and saved into the document. Structured input may be received into a structured section. Based on the structured input, a step of a workflow associated with the document may be performed and a result saved into the document.

Workflows for documents

Media, methods, and systems for causing display on a client device of a preview of a collaborative document in a group-based communication system based on user-specific indicia, content-specific data, changed document data that thereby presents a dynamic preview, or a combination of user-specific indicia, content-specific data, and changed document data. Media, methods, and systems further provide a container for files may be created within a group-based communication system. Once files are received and associated with the container, a container preview may be generated. After creation, the container preview may be transmitted to users of the group-based communication system for display.

Previews for collaborative documents

Systems and methods provide managing of communication between a remote data object hosted by a remote resource and a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system.

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for a group-based communication system interacting with remote resources for remote data objects

Asynchronous collaboration via a communication platform is described. A message representative of an asynchronous meeting can be displayed via a user interface of a communication platform. The user interface can include an affordance to enable a user to add a snippet of content to the asynchronous meeting. In response to detecting an actuation of the affordance, an input user interface that includes an option to record or upload the snippet of content can be displayed. The snippet of content can be received from a client of a user associated with the asynchronous meeting and can be associated with other snippet(s) of content added by other user(s) associated with the asynchronous meeting. A preview summary of snippet(s) of content associated with the asynchronous meeting can be displayed in association with the message, wherein each snippet of content is viewable via a thread associated with the message.

Asynchronous collaboration in a communication platform

Snippets of content associated with a communication platform are described. In an example, based at least in part on a determination, by the communication platform, that a user of the communication platform is permitted to access one or more snippets of content provided by one or more other users of the communication platform, causing one or more user interface elements associated with the one or more snippets of content to be presented via a user interface of a user computing device of the user. The communication platform can receive, from the user computing device, a request to view a snippet of content of the one or more snippets of content and can cause the snippet of content to be presented by the user computing device via the user interface associated with the communication platform.

Snippet(s) of content associated with a communication platform

A board associated with a communication platform and/or one or more channels associated therewith is described. In an example, the board can be associated with editable text and one or more objects capable of being at least one of reordered, added, deleted, or edited. In an example, the one or more objects can be associated with one or more sections. In an example, a communication platform can perform a modification to the board, based at least in part on receiving a request associated with the modification, and can cause the board to be presented via a user interface associated with a member of at least one communication channel with which the board is associated. In an example, the board can be sharable with users associated with different communication channels, workspaces, organizations, or the like.

Electronic board associated with a communication platform

Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for authorizing within a group-based communication interface a bundled plurality of applications to be collectively installed in a group-based communication workspace enabling communications between client devices via a group-based communication system. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for collectively installing within a group-based communication system a bundled plurality of applications associated with an application bundle. Various embodiments are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for generating within a group-based communication interface application bundle data associated with a plurality of applications.

Systems and methods for providing a packaged plurality of application data within a group-based communication system

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for building and rendering a message user interface (UI) within a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system, where the message UI is rendered to a client device based on a customizable block configuration and on customizable block data that is received from an external application.

System, method, and apparatus for building and rendering a message user interface in a group-based communication system

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Michael Hahn