Chat

Huly offers many options for team members to communicate directly within the Huly platform without the need for an external app. Huly’s Chat functionality allows team members to exchange messages in real time through direct messaging and shared channels.

Check out our video about Huly’s Chat and Virtual Office!

Ways to chat

There are a few different ways to chat with team members on Huly:

• Channels - Public or private chatrooms based on topics or themes
• Direct Messages - Instant messaging between individuals or groups
• Documents - When you are mentioned in a document, the document will appear in your Chat view where you can continue the conversation privately with the team member who tagged you.
• Issues - Similar to documents, any Issue assigned to you appears in this section. Replying to an Issue in this thread adds a comment to that Issue, which is visible to all team members.

There are also a few ways to sort and filter messages to quickly find what you’re looking for:

• Threads - Messages that you’ve replied to
• Saved - Messages that you’ve saved
• Browser - View, search and filter messages, channels, files and contacts

Notifications

New messages will appear in your Inbox, and you’ll see a red dot by the bell icon indicating you have a new notification. These settings can be changed by clicking on your profile icon in the lower right corner, selecting Settings and then Notifications.

Creating a channel

Create a new channel by clicking the + button at the top of the Chat sidebar and selecting New channel. Enter a name and description for your channel and select either Public or Private for visibility. Click Create.

To make your channel visible to other team members, add them to the channel by clicking Add members in the right sidebar.