Profile types and locking profile features

Presentation as given on November 30th in Amsterdam for Social Connections IV, the IBM Connections user group event

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1. www.gfi.be Profile Types and locking profile features IBM Collaboration Solutions 30/11/2012 1 Titre de la présentation
2. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Who am I 30/11/2012 2 LinkedIn Twitter @wannesrams Corporate blog Personal blog http://wannesrams.blog.com Slideshare
3. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Summary 30/11/2012 3 I. What are profile types II. Why use profile types III. How to define profile types IV. Disable features based on profile types V. Disable Widgets based on profile types VI. Change activity stream based on profile types
4. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa What are profile types 30/11/2012 4 > Definition of different types of users > Allows to change look and feel of the profiles application > Example: customer, employee, contractor
5. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Why use profile types > Show different data for different types of users > Block certain features > Block built in widgets > Block custom widgets > Limit information stream > Phase a rollout 30/11/2012 5
6. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa How to define profile types > Choose field in LDAP that contains your profile type > Alter the map_dbrepos_from_source.properties file in your TDI Solution directory and map profileType to your field in LDAP 30/11/2012 6
7. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa How to define profile types > Check out profiles-types.xml and define your profile types and the profile fields you want to show 30/11/2012 7
8. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types > You can disable Profile features based on the profile type. > Following Profile features can be configured: • Board • Status updates • Photo • Pronunciation • Network • Reporting structure • Tagging • Following > Configured in profiles-policy.xml 30/11/2012 8
9. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Board > Enable or disable the board > Allow board entries and / or comments from: • None • Self • Colleagues not self • Colleagues and self • Person not self • Person and self 30/11/2012 9
10. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Board 30/11/2012 10
11. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Status updates > Enable or disable the Status update feature > Who can update the status • Self • None 30/11/2012 11
12. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Network > Enables or disables the ability to be invited to network for the specific usertype 30/11/2012 12
13. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Reporting structure > Enable or disable reporting structure > Enable or disable list of managed people 30/11/2012 13
14. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types: Tagging > Enable or disable tagging > Existing tags are still searchable, but not shown on profile > Who can tag: • None, colleagues not self, colleagues and self, person not self, person and self 30/11/2012 14
15. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable features based on profile types 30/11/2012 15
16. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa 30/11/2012 16
17. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types > Remove the widget from the view > Different to previous where widget is shown but content is not > Defined in widgets-config.xml > Following can be removed in profiles view • Do You Know widget • Tags widget • Things in Common widget • Tabs widget • The Board widget • Contact Information widget • Background widget • Recent Posts widget • Who Connects Us widget • Report-to Chain widget • Network widget • My Links widget 30/11/2012 17
18. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types: Profile view 30/11/2012 18
19. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types > Following can be removed in Searchresults view • Organizational tags 30/11/2012 19
20. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types > Following can be removed in Search view • Do you know widget • Organization tags 30/11/2012 20
21. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types > Following can be removed in Network view • Do you know widget 30/11/2012 21
22. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Disable Widgets based on profile types > Following can be removed in Edit profile view • Tags • Things in common • Who connects us • Report structure • Network widget • Link widget 30/11/2012 22
23. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Change activity stream based on profile types > Alter the streams visible in the former Recent posts widget (hidden in C4) 30/11/2012 23
24. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Questions? 30/11/2012 24
25. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Links > Profile types in the IBM Wiki > Phasing an IBM Connections rollout on IBM Social Biz blog 30/11/2012 25
26. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Active User 30/11/2012 26
27. Presentation Title © 2012 – Gfi nv/sa Inactive User 30/11/2012 27