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sourceDocument: Australia Customer Service Management
sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/pt-BR/customer-service-management

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    - australia

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ft:publication_title :

    - Australia Customer Service Management

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    - Customer and Industry


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# Configuring communities

# Configuring communities {#ariaid-title1}

Configure various aspects of Communities based on the specific requirements of your organization.
* **[Community content types](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/bHS9mQLFyQheqSKWYLgjZQ)**   
  There are seven supported content types: Answer, Blog, Comment, Document, Event, Question, and Video.
* **[Community feedback types](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/LidsXwG8kIbCNEXWbyQiNg)**   
  There are two supported feedback types: Upvote and Helpful.
* **[Community access types](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lf0VVdnIVSoYaRDaxFI48g)**   
  Access types are used to control access to a forum or a content type.
* **[Platform Analytics Solutions for Communities](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/I8ebsX0ZK0AH69619gT10g)**   
  This Platform Analytics Solution contains preconfigured dashboards. These dashboards contain actionable data visualizations that help you improve your business processes and practices.
* **[Migrate Social Q\&A data to Communities](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/gsWw667j3w5YuGgk1IQXPw)**   
  If you want to migrate existing Social Q\&A content to Communities, you can use a script to migrate the data.
* **[View community logs](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/AxjwM8pX7eKnT4sJtlc4ZQ)**   
  Community logs display information about who has viewed or searched for content in a community. The list view displays all log entries, unless filtered.
* **[View community feedback and bookmarks tables](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/yHROFgHvZIrOaY2y23uy6w)**   
  View feedback and bookmarks tables to view which community content was given feedback or was bookmarked.
* **[Create a case from a discussion](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Ol6n7rz0fbVBaN3pA3f~3g)**   
  In order to engage your internal experts to reply to discussion threads, you can create cases directly from community questions.
* **[Enable knowledge harvesting](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/F_Xj2ZvyyEUFfHbNUMQ7KA)**   
  Configure knowledge harvesting from a community to convert unstructured conversations to structured knowledge articles and make the information more accessible.
* **[Activate Communities plugins](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/cKd7_3_UXRtrrVx5vRyWZA)**   
  Activate the Customer Communities plugin to use the Communities application.
* **[Community setup guide for admins](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/LOFOQ~5DTeGMVzAqhpgqlw)**   
  Define your requirements with community and forum stakeholders and set up your forums for community users to start creating content.
* **[Configure community content types](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/AUhKROeQ4LMbVo1TJzFTLA)**   
  Configure content types, such as videos and blogs, for the community.
* **[Configure video sources for a community](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/oBx35NSn8qnyR5A4rqKgDg)**   
  Configure additional sources that can be used for uploading a video to the community.
* **[Configure community forums](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lYghI7PldhJ443T5sN_YJQ)**   
  A forum is a place for users to share content, exchange notes, ask and answer questions, and so on. Before community users can contribute content, configure a forum with content types and permissions, and create and add topics to one or more forums.
* **[Forum and user permissions management](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/6X17WsLIHEHAbYYekiheEA)**   
  Community and forum administrators can give users and groups of users different levels of access to forums and forum content.
* **[Configure the community profile](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/oNuKYIo~y0lv1OJ0DcwEEw)**   
  Set up the community profile by configuring profile fields and deciding which fields to display in the personal information section of the community profile.
* **[Create community Terms and Conditions](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/R5WkdQA0TenPHlDlN3O6kA)**   
  Community members must follow the community rules of conduct. Create community Terms and Conditions and them share to build a successful community. Every community user must review and accept the Terms and Conditions before contributing to a community.
* **[Enable users to self-register to a community](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/V1EIlbghmyjPEYtZYpQvew)**   
  Once users have accessed public forums and decided they want to join the community, they can self-register to the community. External user registration provides a way of validating users and requires them to accept the community Terms and Conditions.
* **[Moderate a community](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/4cS6AIk~75moWxSp_zTDBw)**   
  Community moderators can manage content quality by reducing the inappropriate content that is posted on the community.
* **[Administer gamification](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/ZKHmzbqAzdKMa7o8CbNujg)**   
  Users with the gamification administrator role can create the rules and other entities that award points to users based on their participation within the community.
* **[Community Service Portal](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/M3Gi5W7NRYsw~kpyovn8mQ)**   
  The Community Service Portal is a web interface that is based on the ServiceNow Service Portal application.