Create a channel

1. Select the Space in the destination rail.
2. Choose New channel on the Space menu beside the Space name. The plus button on a channel group heading and the Channels tab in Space administration open the same dialog, and the rail's own button is labelled Create channel.
3. Enter a name in Channel name.
4. Optional: describe the channel in Purpose.
5. Under Membership, choose Everyone in this Space or Invite only.
6. Choose Create.

The channel opens once it is created. Space shows which Space the channel goes into and is decided by where you started; it is not a choice in the dialog. New channels are created with type Channel and classification Internal.

If you chose Invite only, nobody else can open the channel until you add them. See Add people to a channel.

Add a sub-channel instead

To put a channel under an existing one, choose Add sub-channel on the parent channel's row. The dialog is titled New sub-channel and says Under {{parentName}}. Members come from this parent channel's eligibility pool. Fill in Sub-channel name and choose Create.

If it did not work

• Channel was not created. Retry when access is ready. means the Space's storage or access was not ready. Wait a moment and choose Create again.
• This account is not authorized to create channels. means your account does not hold that permission in this Space. Ask a Space administrator.
• No Spaces available with Create a Space first, then return here to add its first channel. means you belong to no Space that accepts a new channel. See Create a Space.
• Select a Space for the new channel. means the dialog was opened without a Space in context. Select a Space in the rail first.