The document discusses profile types in IBM collaboration solutions, detailing how to define them and their application in customizing user experiences. It explains the ability to disable specific features and widgets based on these profile types to limit information and tailor content visibility. Additionally, it outlines configuration processes and provides examples of user types and customizable features available within user profiles.

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3. Summary
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
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4. What are profile types
> Definition of different types of users
> Allows to change look and feel of the profiles application
> Example: customer, employee, contractor
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. How to define profile types
> Check out profiles-types.xml and define your profile types
and the profile fields you want to show
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. Disable features based on profile types: Board
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11. Disable features based on profile types: Status updates
> Enable or disable the Status update feature
> Who can update the status
• Self
• None
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12. Disable features based on profile types: Network
> Enables or disables the ability to be invited to network for the
specific usertype
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13. Disable features based on profile types: Reporting structure
> Enable or disable reporting structure
> Enable or disable list of managed people
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14. 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
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15. Disable features based on profile types
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17. 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
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18. Disable Widgets based on profile types: Profile view
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19. Disable Widgets based on profile types
> Following can be removed in Searchresults view
• Organizational tags
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20. Disable Widgets based on profile types
> Following can be removed in Search view
• Do you know widget
• Organization tags
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21. Disable Widgets based on profile types
> Following can be removed in Network view
• Do you know widget
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22. 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
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23. Change activity stream based on profile types
> Alter the streams visible in the former Recent posts widget (hidden
in C4)
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24. Questions?
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25. Links
> Profile types in the IBM Wiki
> Phasing an IBM Connections rollout on IBM Social Biz blog
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26. Active User
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27. Inactive User
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