Vertica Community Guidelines

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Welcome to the Vertica Community Forum!

Registration

• All site visitors may view the forum and its discussion threads. However, to post in the forum we ask that you register an account.
• To register click the 'Register' button found on the homepage. Insert your preferred email address and select a username and password.
• Note: Your username will be visible to other forum users and cannot be changed.

Notifications

• To manage notifications for your account select your avatar in the top right corner of the page.
• Navigate to 'Edit Profile' and select 'Notification Preferences' from the left side panel.
• Choose your preferred notifications and how you would like to be notified.

Categories

• The Vertica Forum has four categories: Discussion, From the Team, Product Feedback, and Archived Posts.
• Hover your cursor over the category names in the side panel to view descriptions.

Tags

• Tags are keywords that can be used to describe the product, the problem you're having, or the type of post you're writing.
• We strongly encourage the use of tags and recommend that you use at least three tags when posting.
• Popular tags can be found in the left sidebar, and when you click on a tag you are interested in, you will be brought to a page of related posts.

Badges, Rankings, and Leaderboard

• Participation on the forum will earn you badges.
• Every badge has point value ranging from 5 point to 50 points.
• These points will contribute to your overall rank, indicated by the number of stars next to your username. You can earn up to 5 stars.
• Every week, the leaderboard will show our top point leaders.