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AquaLogic Interaction includes several features that work together to control users' initial portal experience, such as the user interface and access to content.
| Feature | How the Feature is Applied to Users | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Created Manually | Self-Registered | Imported Through an Authentication Source | Created Through Acceptance of an Invitation | |
| Default Profiles Each user is assigned a default profile at creation. Default profiles define initial My Account settings, such as language, time zone, and portal interface type; the name and number of My Pages; and the layout of the portlets on those My Pages. Default profiles provide an initial view of the portal, which users can then change to fit their needs. |
Automatically assigned the “Default Profile” created at installation | Automatically assigned the “Default Profile” created at installation | Automatically assigned the default profiles specified in the Authentication Source Editor | Automatically assigned the default profile specified in the Invitation Editor |
| Group Membership The most efficient way to manage access to content is to assign access privileges to groups. The only way to assign activity rights (which control access to features) is to assign the rights to groups. You can then add new users to the appropriate groups. |
All users are automatically added to the Everyone group and can be assigned to groups manually in the User Editor or Group Editor after creation. | |||
| Manually assigned in the User Editor during creation | (No additional membership assigned during creation; assigned only to the Everyone group) | Automatically assigned to groups based on the mappings in the Global ACL Sync Map (and any mappings that occur automatically if the authentication source category matches the domain name) | Automatically assigned to groups specified in the Invitation Editor | |
| Mandatory Communities and Portlets Mandatory communities are communities to which the user cannot unsubscribe. Mandatory portlets are portlets that cannot be removed from a user's My Page. |
The most efficient way to manage mandatory communities and portlets is to make them mandatory for particular groups. You then add new users to the appropriate groups as mentioned in the previous entry. | |||
| Experience Definitions Experience definitions provide multiple user experiences within a single portal. An experience definition defines certain elements of a user experience, such as adaptive page layout settings, branding style, and navigation. |
All users are assigned the experience definition associated with the folder in which the user is stored. You can also use experience rules to assign experience definitions to users. | |||
| Manually create the user in the folder of your choice | Automatically created in the “Default Experience Definition” folder created at installation | Automatically created in the folders specified in the Authentication Source Editor | Automatically created in the folder specified in the Invitation Editor | |
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