Moving communities
Moving communities to become subcommunities of a top-level, parent community is a good way to integrate what were diverse communities. Similarly, making a subcommunity into a top-level community is a good way to promote important communities.
Moving communities - some restrictions
You must be a community owner both in the
community that is being moved and in the intended parent community.
Note: You can
move a community or subcommunity to a new parent of the same type only (that is, an internal or
external community). Similarly, you can move an internal community or subcommunity to a new parent
that is also internal only.
Also, if you move a restricted but listed community under a community that is restricted but not listed, the moved community is no longer listed. For more information, see Creating a community to encourage collaboration.
What changes when I move a community?
When you move a community, the following changes might be made depending on the membership and
access level of both communities:
- The access level of the community that is being moved might be modified to be at least as restrictive as its new parent.
- Members and owners in the community that is being moved are added to the new parent, if they're not there already.
- Owners in the new parent are added to the subcommunity that is being moved.
What happens to community invitees?
When you move a community, any users that are invited to join the community, but have not yet
joined are removed. You can re invite these users when the move is complete as follows:
- On the Community's Members page, select the Invitations tab and record any invited users.
- When the move is complete, re invite any users that were removed from the invitation list. For more information, see Inviting people to join.