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2853521 - Content approval policy does not apply to sharing a feed post in SAP Jam

Symptom

Content approval policy is in place for feed posts, however, when users share feed post, it gets posted right away and does not need approval.

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Environment

 SAP JAM Collaboration

Reproducing the Issue

1. Content approval policy is in place for Feed Posts (Group> Participation Tab> Content Approval> Feed Post).

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2. Users share a feed post and it gets posted right away without needing approval:

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Cause

Content Approval on Feed Post, only works on post feed. If one feed is approved to post by content approval, it means this feed can be shared. There's no need to approve for sharing approved feed.

Resolution

Working as designed.

Keywords

share feed post, content approval , KBA , LOD-SF-JAM , SAP Jam , LOD-SF-JAM-FED , Feed Issues , Problem

Product

SAP Jam Collaboration all versions