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eteo22
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Sep 15, 2026

Viva Engage Topics

Hi all, 

The org I work for is looking into creating a Values in Action employee recognition program in Viva Engage.

From searching I have not been able to find clear answers on our requirements. 

 

The requirements are:

One dedicated Viva Engage community

Recognition-only posts (no general discussion)

5 organizational values

Users must select one value when recognizing a colleague

We would prefer to use Praise posts

Reporting 

 

Can Viva Engage be configured to:

 

Restrict users to only 5 approved Topics?

Prevent users from creating additional Topics?

Require a Topic/Value to be selected before posting?

Require or default to Praise posts?

 

If not natively supported, what governance or configuration approach is recommended?

1 Reply

  • >Restrict users to only 5 approved Topics?
    >Prevent users from creating additional Topics?
    >Require a Topic/Value to be selected before posting?
    >Require or default to Praise posts?

    The answer is no for all of these. 

    >Restrict users to only 5 approved Topics?

    Put links to the 5 topics in the Info panel and tell people to use these. The community admins can add them afterwards if people forget.

     

    >Require or default to Praise posts?

    If you limit posting to community admins then maybe you can enforce the practice with a set of trained users. But it might be limiting in terms of organic posting.