{"id":1142,"date":"2017-02-08T07:28:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T07:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.com.cn\/en\/?post_type=ufaq&#038;p=1142"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:43:04","slug":"1076","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1076\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need to create a group to initiate group chat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\">FAQ-ID\uff1a1076<\/span><br \/>\nIn terms of team collaboration, it is recommended that you create groups to tackle different tasks. When a group is created, members can use various tools to communicate and collaborate, etc.<\/p>\n<p>However, in certain instances, if a simple chatroom is all you need to get things running, you can create a temporary chatroom to message other members. And if they aren&#8217;t your buddy, you can ask one of the participants to invite them into the temporary chatroom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"secondary\">\n<h5>Create a Temporary Chatroom<\/h5>\n<div class=\"icon\">Plan\uff1a<span class=\"active\"><a id=\"faqs-link\" class=\"ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All plans<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"icon\">Permission\uff1a<span class=\"active\"><a id=\"faqs-link\" class=\"ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1064\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All users<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"icon\">Interface\uff1a<span class=\"active\">App<\/span><span class=\"active\">Web<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Steps\uff1a<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a id=\"faqs-link\" class=\"ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1040\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Select the workplace domain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click Chats.<\/li>\n<li>Click + New Chat.<\/li>\n<li>Select participants.<\/li>\n<li>Click Done if you are using the WorkDo app, and Confirm if you are using the web version.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h5><img src=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ic-price-lightning-yellow-24.png\">Reminders<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>If you would like to invite participants who are not your buddies into the chatroom, you can ask other participants who are their buddies to <a id=\"faqs-link\" class=\"ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1049\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">invite them<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A temporary chatroom is for messaging only; therefore, no collaboration tools are provided. If you need to use the collaboration tools, you can either <a id=\"faqs-link\" class=\"ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1048\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create a group<\/a> or upgrade the chatroom to a group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"secondary\">\n<h5>Relevant Questions<\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorkDo web general navigation.<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WorkDo app general navigation.<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/features\/#chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chat features<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1077\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What does the \u201cRead\u201d mark indicate?<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to recall a message?<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"link ewd-ufaq-post-margin\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1082\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to delete a chatroom?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAQ-ID\uff1a1076 In terms of team collaboration, it is recommended that you create groups to tackle different tasks. When a group is created, members can use various tools to communicate and collaborate, etc. However, in certain instances, if a simple chatroom is all you need to get things running, you can create a temporary chatroom to<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/ufaqs\/1076\/\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[38],"ufaq-tag":[674,688,1306,675,1294,673,692,1283,671,676,669,670],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/1142"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.workdo.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}