Salesforce, Inc.

Slack Technologies, Inc.

Formagrid Inc

Paul Rosania

Sri Vasamsetti

Michael Demmer

Myles Grant

Elizabeth Clemenson

Wayne Fan

Yingyu Sun

Paul Matthew Jennings

Steven Gordon

Hubert Florin

Daniel Stewart Butterfield

Andrew King

Neil Walker

Milo Watanabe

Patrick Kane

Michael Montazeri

Renaud Bourassa-Denis

John Gallagher

Jerry Talton

Nicole Zeng

Embodiments described herein include apparatuses, computer program products, and methods for data management in a group-based communication system. Specifically, some embodiments address data management for group-based communication channel(s) accessible to any number of entities based on various data retention policies. In this regard, embodiments enable maintenance of data associated with multiple organizations accessing a group-based communication channel based on a single, shared data retention policy, or different data retention policies, for example based on authorship of the group-based communication message. In embodiments, a data retention policy may be assigned directly to an entity, or assigned to a higher-level or lower-level entity and function as a default data a retention policy for other entities associated therewith. A group-based communication system is configured to enable storage of data based on corresponding data retention policies for each organization identifier, and/or an agreed data retention policy for all organization identifiers.

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for data retention in a common group-based communication channel

Techniques are described herein for implementing and using a project management interface software tool configured to integrate and bind together multiple additional software tools and provide a single engagement layer. In various examples, the project management interface may provide users (e.g., individual contributors such as designers, developers, project managers, etc.) with alignment and focus, by serving as a single source of updated and accurate project data across all of the multiple underlying tools. The project management interface also may improve user functionality and leverage by providing deep integrations and cross-tool interoperability. The project management interface described herein also may improve ergonomics by providing a consistent and uniform user experience, and building on the backend technologies of the underlying tools rather than replacing those tools.

Software tool integration

Techniques for performing dynamic profile reconciliation in a communication system. A server computing system may identify two or more user profiles corresponding to a same user that is associated with the communication system. The server computing system may integrate historical data associated with the two or more user profiles into a single user profile (e.g., a destination user profile). The historical data may include messages sent and/or received via the two or more user profiles, files associated with the messages, metadata corresponding to each message, and the like. Responsive to combining the two or more user profiles into the single user profile, the server computing system may delete at least one of the two or more user profiles, storing the combined data in association with the single user profile.

Dynamic profile reconciliation in group-based communication systems

Techniques for dynamically converting a communication channel associated with a communication channel from a communication channel associated with a single organization to a shared communication channel associated with two or more organizations. The communication channel may have associated therewith member profiles associated with a first organization and one or more guest profiles associated with one or more other organizations that are different from the first organization. A server computing system may convert the communication channel to a shared communication channel based on a determination of eligibility for conversion. The server computing system may generate one or more user interfaces associated with the member profiles and the one or more guest profiles, enabling members and guests to communicate via the shared communication channel.

Dynamic channel conversion in group-based communication systems

Provided is a group-based communication interface configured to allow members of the interface to communicate within group-based communication channels. The group-based communication interface is configured to relegate selected group-based messaging communications to a separate display pane, where additional messaging communications can be received, thereby maintaining a focused selected group-based communication channel. The selected group-based communication channel is updated to indicate that the selected group-based messaging communications was relegated to a separate display pane, informing the channel members while also allowing the channel members to access the separate display pane if desired. Accordingly, the selected group-based communication interface provides for efficient and focused group-based communications.

Group-based communication interface with subsidiary channel-based thread communications

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that are configured to generate a predicted channel add object in an improved system of networked computing devices. The embodiments disclose an apparatus and system that provide channel invite suggestions. The channel invite suggestions comprise recommendations of users to invite to group-based communication channels. To provide the channel-invite suggestions, the group-based communication system generates a user-channel data structure that stores a plurality of values that capture relationships between users and group-based communication channels. The values may capture information regarding membership of a user in a group-based communication channel, starring of a group-based communication channel by a user, a level of activity of a user in a group-based communication channel, and a user's word usage in a group-based communication channel.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a predicted channel add object in a group-based communication system

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Paul Rosania