# Using Comments In Command Center

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## Understanding Command Center Comments

Command Center allows cloud administrators to attach comments to most of the
cloud managed entities.
Comments can be used to document any issue or business process conducted in
the cloud, for example, communicate resource (storage nodes or parts of it,
disk drives etc.) dedication to a specific project/tenant.

Command Center comments can be assigned to the following Zadara cloud entities:

* Storage nodes
* VPSA and Object Storage
* Cloud users
* Disk drive series/Individual disk drives

Comments are assigned a severity level. Supported severity levels:

* Low
* Medium
* High
* Critical

An indication of all cloud comments according to their severity is displayed
on Command Center’s main dashboard.

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All comments created in Command Center can be displayed by clicking on the
comment section on Command Center’s main dashboard.

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## Working With Comments

### Adding a New Comment

To add a new comment to a supported command center entity:

1. Navigate to the element’s dashboard.
2. On the **Comments** tab, click **New Comment**.
3. In the **New Comment** screen:

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   1. From the dropdown, assign a **Severity** level to your comment.
   2. If you want this comment’s text to be displayed on the element’s
      dashboard, mark the **Pin to dashboard** checkbox.
   3. Enter the comment’s **Content**.
4. Click **Save** to create the new comment.

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### Searching and Filtering Comments

To find a specific comment or group of comments for an element that matches
specific search criteria:

1. Navigate to the element’s dashboard.
2. On the **Comments** tab, in the **Filter** panel above the comments grid,
   enter a string (case-insensitive) that matches part of the **Contents**,
   or select the **Severity** level, or a combination of both.
3. Click **Filter** to display matches in the comments grid.

### Editing a Comment

To edit an existing comment’s content, to pin or unpin it, or to change its
severity level:

1. Navigate to the element’s dashboard.
2. On the **Comments** tab, locate the comment in the comments grid.
3. From the dropdown to the right of the comment, select **Edit**.
4. In the comment’s editing screen, you can:
   1. Assign a different **Severity** level to the comment.
   2. Mark the **Pin to dashboard** checkbox to display this comment’s
      text on the element’s dashboard, or leave the checkbox unmarked
      to hide it.
   3. Update the comment’s **Content**.
5. Click **Save** to update the comment.

### Deleting a Comment

To delete a comment:

1. Navigate to the element’s dashboard.
2. On the **Comments** tab, locate the comment in the comments grid.
3. From the dropdown to the right of the comment, select **Delete**.