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Rob Bowman's avatar
Rob Bowman
Iron Contributor
Nov 21, 2017
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Alerts on Comments in Modern Pages?

So now that we are beginning to take advantage of Communications Sites, Modern Pages and News, we are starting to get comments on our pages - which is awesome, but... Nobody knows there are comments ...
Modern Pages
SharePoint Online
  • Egor Tsvetkov's avatar
    Egor Tsvetkov
    Dec 29, 2017

    Hi Rob,

    I had a similar task: send the email notification to the author of the modern page in SharePoint online if the new comment added.

    I have done this using MS Flow and MS Graph API because standard SharePoint actions in MS Flow didn't help me. 

     

    I've described the solution in https://www.infopulse.com/blog/using-microsoft-graph-api-inside-microsoft-flow-office-365/ on the public blog of my company.

     

    Hope, it helps you.

     

    UPDATE: This solution was implemented for teams site. We found new challenges for brand new communications sites.

     

Nigel_Price9911's avatar
Nigel_Price9911
Iron Contributor
Feb 05, 2018

Hi Egor Tsvetkov

 

I have now tried with a second Communications Site.  Same result no Comments list.

 

I have created a new Communications site, created a page on it and added a comment to the page.  Same result no comments list.

 

I have also tried opening SharePoint Designer as an administrator - same result.

 

Regards

 

Nigel

Meg Simmons's avatar
Meg Simmons
Brass Contributor
Feb 05, 2018

Nigel_Price9911,

 

I had similar issues at first.  But, if you look back in this thread Daniel Staps posted a comment on 11-22-2017 that, if followed step-by-step will absolutely work.  Use SharePoint Client Browser found here: https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=spcb and refer to his screenshots.

 

I was able to get this working with Flow after following Daniel's instructions.

 

 

  • Meg Simmons's avatar
    Meg Simmons
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 28, 2018

    I have experienced the same behavior.  Here's a great post that shows how to get them using an API call:

    https://www.eliostruyf.com/getting-likes-and-comments-from-modern-pages/

  • Jonas Björkander's avatar
    Jonas Björkander
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 28, 2018

    It seems like MS have changed their Comment behavior, at least on Communication sites. I can find OLD comments but when I add new comments, they doesn't show up in the Comments.30017244-8B12-4607-9D41-89A859BD352D list

  • Nigel_Price9911's avatar
    Nigel_Price9911
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 09, 2018

    Thanks Egor Tsvetkov back to the drawing board for trapping Comments.

  • Egor Tsvetkov's avatar
    Egor Tsvetkov
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 08, 2018

    Bad news, unfortunately. I created a new O365 trial subscription with latest releases and checked Comments list for Communication and Teams sites (private and public). Everywhere result is the same: no Comments list in SharePoint Designer, Client browser, Graph API or Native SharePoint REST API.

     

    I checked on the customer's tenants: comments list available because target release was not applied.

    Looks like, hidden Comments data source is a new feature from MS.

  • Nigel_Price9911's avatar
    Nigel_Price9911
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 08, 2018

    Any News ?  I have created a Teams Site (via the App) and still no comments list (I have created a comment)

  • Egor Tsvetkov's avatar
    Egor Tsvetkov
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 06, 2018

    Hi Nigel,

    My solution is written for teams site. I try to repeat it for Communication site and notify you when having some results. 

  • Nigel_Price9911's avatar
    Nigel_Price9911
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 05, 2018

    Hi All

     

    I have now tried trying to find the Comments list on two different tenancies  and 6 different site collections including Communications sites and Team sites.  All have got one or more comments on a site page.  In every case I can use REST calls to find the comments (see my other posts for details).  In each case I am the global administrator and the site collection administrator and the site owner.  I am running out of ideas on how to see the Comments list. @VesaJuvonen can you help here ?

     

    Any ideas on what property I have to modify to get the Comments List to appear would be very gratefully received.

     

    Thanks for your help in advance

     

    Nigel

  • Nigel_Price9911's avatar
    Nigel_Price9911
    Iron Contributor
    Feb 05, 2018

    Hi Meg Simmons

     

    I downloaded the SPC and ran it against two of my sites which have got comments and this is what I got :-

     

    No comments field !

     

    I am beginning to wonder if I have a different version of SharePoint Online !

     

    Regards

     

    Nigel