Mendix Community

Last modified: April 18, 2024

1 Introduction

The Mendix Community is where Mendix community members come together to help each other with questions and answers, exchange information, and propose ideas for improving the Mendix Platform.

The Mendix Community is closely integrated with the Mendix Profile so that Mendix community members can see all the interesting and useful information about who is participating in the Mendix Community. If someone clicks your name anywhere in the Mendix Community, your profile will open, so make sure to make your Mendix Profile public so everyone can see your details and progress!

Click Create a Post to ask a question, start an exchange with the community, or share an idea.

2 Personal

Under PERSONAL, you can find Community Feed, Bookmarks, and Posts.

2.1 Community Feed

Clicking PERSONAL > Community Feed brings you back to the home page of the Mendix Community.

2.2 Bookmarks

In PERSONAL > Bookmarks, the following tabs are available:

  • Questions – the questions you have bookmarked (for details, see Question Details below)
  • Exchanges – the exchanges you have bookmarked (for details, see Exchange Details below)
  • Ideas – the ideas you have bookmarked (for details, see Idea Details below)

2.3 Posts

In PERSONAL > Posts, the following tabs are available:

  • Posted – the questions and ideas you have posted (for details, see Asking Your Question and Posting Your Idea below)
  • Answered – the questions you have answered (for details, see Question Details below)
  • Commented – the questions, exchanges, and ideas that you have commented on
  • Drafts – the post drafts you have started

3 General

3.1 Questions

In GENERAL > Questions, you can see an overview of the questions that have been asked. Here is an example question:

Each question has the following details:

  • ① A descriptive title (clicking the question title opens the specific Question details page)
  • ② The beginning of the question description, which is taken from the Question details page
  • ③ The type of post (Question, Exchange, or Idea)
  • ④ The space, which is set when asking a question
    • Clicking the space opens an overview page that lists all the posts in the same space
  • ⑤ Tags, which are set when asking a question
    • Clicking a tag opens an overview page that lists all the posts with the same tag
  • ⑥ The number of votes for the question
  • ⑦ The number of answers to the question
  • ⑧ The number of views the question has received
  • ⑨ The name, avatar, and level of the Mendix community member who asked the question
  • ⑩ The avatars of the Mendix comminity members who have answered and commented

3.1.1 Searching and Filtering Questions

To search for a question, enter your keywords in the Search text box.

To filter the searching results, you can use the following filters:

  • Status > Unanswered, Answered, or Answer Accepted
  • Last Updated > Last Updated (default), Newest, or Most Popular
  • Spaces – the space set when the question was asked (for details, see Asking Your Question below)
  • Type in a Tag – the tags set when the question was asked (for details, see Asking Your Question below)
  • Version – the Mendix version to which the question is related (for details, see Asking Your Question below)

3.1.2 Question Details

Clicking the title of a question brings you to its details page:

On this page, you do the following:

  • ① View the question details:
    • When the question was Submitted
    • The Last activity date and time for when the question was updated
    • How many times the question has been Viewed
    • The Space of the question
    • The Tags applied to the question (clicking a tag opens an overview page that lists posts with the same tag)
    • The Version set when the question was asked (for details, see Asking Your Question below)
  • ② Click the ▲ or ▼ button to upvote or downvote the question based on its usefulness
  • ③ Click Comment to write and submit a comment on the question
  • ④ Click Bookmark to bookmark the question
  • ⑤ Click Follow this Question if you want to follow the discussion via email notifications
    • You are automatically subscribed for email notifications on questions that you have asked
    • If you want to unsubscribe from these notifications, click Unfollow this Question

Below the question details are the answers to the question. Click the ▲ or ▼ button to upvote or downvote the answer based on how it addresses the question. You can also click Comment to comment on an answer.

In the Your Answer section, you can contribute to the Mendix Community by writing your answer in the editor and then clicking Submit Answer:

3.1.3 Asking Your Question

To ask your own question in the Mendix Community, follow these steps:

  1. Click Create a Post > Ask a Question on the home page, or click Ask a Question on the Questions page.

  2. On the Ask Your Question page, fill in the following details in the editor:

    • The Space that reflects your question (for example, Connectors, Databases, or Security)
    • The question Title (this is how users will first see your question, so make it descriptive and interesting)
    • The question Description (add all the details about your question to make it searchable and so other users can answer it; consider including steps to reproduce the issue)
    • The Mendix Studio Pro Version that is relevant to your question (only available when you select a version-dependent Space)
    • The Tags that reflect the question topic (users can filter the list of questions by tag)

  3. Click Ask Question to post your question or Save as Draft to return to it via Posts > Drafts .

Once a question you have asked receives several answers, you can accept an answer by clicking the check mark next to the answer. You should accept the answer that properly and accurately responds to your question in the best way possible.

3.2 Exchanges

In GENERAL > Exchanges, there is an overview of the exchanges that have been posted. Here is an example exchange:

Each exchange has the following details:

  • ① A descriptive title (clicking the exchange title opens the specific Exchange details page)
  • ② The beginning of the exchange description, which is taken from the Exchange details page
  • ③ The type of post (Question, Exchange, or Idea)
  • ④ The space, which is set when posting an exchange
    • Clicking the space opens an overview page that lists all the posts in the same space
  • ⑤ Tags, which are set when posting an exchange
    • Clicking a tag opens an overview page that lists all the posts with the same tag
  • ⑥ The number of comments on the exchange
  • ⑦ The number of views the exchange has received
  • ⑧ The name, avatar, and level of the Mendix community member who posted the exchange
  • ⑨ The avatars of the Mendix community members who have commented

3.2.1 Searching and Filtering Exchanges

To search for an exchange, enter your keywords in the Search text box.

To filter the searching results, you can use the following filters:

  • Last Updated > Last Updated (default), Newest, or Most Popular
  • Spaces – the space set when the exchange was posted (for details, see Posting an Exchange below)
  • Type in a Tag – the tags set when the exchange was posted (for details, see Posting an Exchange below)

3.2.2 Exchange Details

Clicking the title of an exchange brings you to its details page:

On this page, you do the following:

  • ① View the exchange details:
    • When the exchange was Shared
    • The Last activity date and time for when the exchange was updated
    • How many times the exchange has been Viewed
    • The Space of the exchange
    • The Tags applied to the exchange (clicking a tag opens an overview page that lists posts with the same tag)
  • ② Click Comment to write and submit a comment on the question
  • ③ Click Bookmark to bookmark the question

Below the exchange details are comments on the exchange.

In the Your Comment section, you can contribute to the Mendix Community by writing your comment in the editor and then clicking Submit Comment.

3.2.3 Posting an Exchange

To ask your own question in the Mendix Community, follow these steps:

  1. Click Create a Post > Exchange with Community on the home page, or click Post Exchange on the Exchanges page.

  2. On the Create a Post page, fill in the following details in the editor:

    • The Space that reflects your post
    • The post Title (this is how users will first see your post, so make it descriptive and interesting)
    • The post Description (add all the details about your question to make it searchable and so other users can answer it; consider including steps to reproduce the issue)
    • The Tags that reflect the post topic (users can filter the list of questions by tag)

  3. Click Post Exchange to post your question or Save as Draft to return to it via Posts > Drafts .

3.3 Ideas

In GENERAL > Ideas, you can see an overview of the ideas and feature requests for improving the Mendix Platform that have been submitted by Mendix community members. Here is an example idea:

Each idea has the following details:

  • ① A descriptive title (clicking the idea title opens the specific Idea details page) along with the status
  • ② The review status of the idea:
    • Planned – the idea has been accepted by Mendix Product Managers and scheduled for implementation
    • Implemented – the idea has been implemented
    • Closed – the idea has been reviewed by the Product Managers but it has not been accepted
    • Note that if there is no Status listed, the idea is Open, meaning, it has not been reviewed yet
  • ③ The beginning of the idea description, which is taken from the Idea details page
  • ④ The type of post (Question, Exchange, or Idea)
  • ⑤ The space, which is set when posting an idea
    • Clicking the space opens an overview page that lists all the posts in the same space
  • ⑥ Tags, which are set when posting an idea
  • ⑦ The number of votes on the idea
  • ⑧ The number of comments on the idea
  • ⑨ The number of views the idea has received
  • ⑩ The name, avatar, and level of the Mendix community member who posted the idea
  • ⑪ The avatars of the Mendix comminity members who have commented

3.3.1 Searching and Filtering Ideas

To search for an idea, enter your keywords in the Search text box.

To filter the searching results, you can use the following filters:

  • Status > Open, Planned, Implemented, or Closed
  • Last Updated > Last Updated (default), Most Votes, or Most Recent
  • Spaces – the space set when the idea was posted (for details, see Posting Your Idea below)
  • Type in a Tag – the tags set when the idea was posted (for details, see Posting Your Idea below)

3.3.2 Idea Details

Clicking the title of an idea brings you to its details page:

On this page, you do the following:

  • ① View the idea details:
    • The review Status of the idea
    • When the idea was Shared
    • The Last activity date and time for when the idea was updated
    • How many times the idea has been Viewed
    • The Space of the idea
    • The Tags applied to the idea (clicking a tag opens an overview page that lists posts with the same tag)
  • ② Click the Vote button to upvote the idea based on its usefulness
    • By upvoting ideas, you can show the Mendix Product Managers and Mendix community what you would like to see added to the Mendix Platform
    • The upvotes are used as input for the Mendix Product Managers and Mendix community MVPs to decide which features are nominated for implementation (please note that the level of impact also needs to be considered)
  • ③ If the review status of the idea has been Planned, a comment from the Mendix Product Manager about the planned implementation can appear here
  • ④ Click Bookmark to bookmark the idea
  • ⑤ Click Follow this Idea if you want to follow the discussion via email notifications
    • You are automatically subscribed for email notifications on ideas that you have asked
    • If you want to unsubscribe from these notifications, click Unfollow this Idea

Below the ideas details are the comments on the idea.

In the Your Comment section, you can contribute to the Mendix Community by writing your idea in the editor and then clicking Submit Comment.

3.3.3 Posting an Idea

To submit your own idea to the Mendix Community, follow these steps:

  1. Click Create a Post > Share an Idea on the home page, or click Ask a Question on the Ideas page.

  2. On the Share an Idea page, fill in the following details in the editor:

    • The Space that reflects your idea (for example, Catalog, Marketplace, or Usability)
    • The idea Title (this is how users will first see your idea, so make it descriptive and interesting)
    • The idea Description (add all the details about your idea to make it searchable and so other users can can vote and comment on it)
    • The Tags that reflect the idea topic (users can filter the list of questions by tag)

  3. Click Share Idea to submit your idea or Save as Draft to return to it via Posts > Drafts .

Mendix looks forward to hearing your ideas!

4 Spaces

In spaces in the Mendix Community, you can have discussions around the topics that interest you the most. The spaces that you have joined are shown under SPACES on the left navigation menu.

Clicking Explore Spaces shows all the public spaces. Public spaces are visible to all community members. To join a space, click Join on the space card.

Moreover, it is possible to have a private space for members within your organization. While you explore spaces, click Learn More at the bottom to check this out.

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