People Connections Preferences

Configuration settings for People Connections start with application-wide settings. Setting default values on the Preferences page affects just your view of People Connections features. People Connections preferences encompass activity stream, connections, profile, message boards, and feedback:

Setting Activity Stream Preferences

Use Activity Stream Preferences to specify who can view your Activity Stream; the users, categories, and portals for which to track activities; and the activities to show in an Activity Stream view.

To set Activity Stream preferences:

1. On the People page, click the Activity Stream tab.

   Note:

   Despite the presence of a Documents option under Service Categories, the only document activity that appears in the Activity Stream is a file upload through the Publisher. Document actions performed through Content Manager do not appear in the Activity Stream.

2. Under People, specify whose activities to show in your view of the Activity Stream:

   Tip:

   This setting relates only to the activities that stream from People Connections. Such activities include making connections, posting Feedback and Messages, adjusting your Profile, and so on.

   From the Show list, select one of the following options:

   • Only Me—Show only your own activities in your view of the Activity Stream.

   • Me and My Connections—Show only your activities and the activities of your connections in your view of the Activity Stream.

   • No Personal—Do not show any user activities in your view of the Activity Stream, including your own.

   • Selected Connection Lists—Show the activities of only those users on the selected connections lists in your view of the Activity Stream.

     When you select this option, all available connections lists appear below it. Select one or more connections lists to limit the display of activities to the users on those lists.

3. Under Portals, select to show activities from:

   • All Portals—Stream activities from all available portals.

     Note:

     When All Portals and Selected Connection Lists (from step 4) are selected, the activity stream shows the selected users personal activities and the activities in the portals of which the selected users are members. For example, the activity stream displays an entry when the user creates a portal (personal activity) and displays an entry when a document is created in a portal of which the user is a member (portal activity).

   • My Portals—Stream activities from the portals of which you are a member.

   • No Portals—Do not stream any activities from portals other the Home portal.

4. Under Service Categories, select the category for which to track activities.

   Select a check box to track the activity of a particular category; deselect a check box to ignore the activity of a particular category.

   Tip:

   Selecting No Portals in the previous step affects the outcome of your category selection: despite their selection here, categories publish no activities to your view of the Activity Stream.

5. Under Privacy, identify the types of users who can see your view of the Activity Stream:

   • Everyone—All users, whether they are logged in, can see your view of the Activity Stream.

   • Authenticated Users—All users who are logged in can see your view of the Activity Stream.

   • My Connections—The people to whom you are connected can see your view of the Activity Stream.

   • Myself—Only you can see your view of the Activity Stream.

6. Click Save.

Setting Connections Preferences

Use Connections preferences to specify who can view information about the people you have connected with and whether to accept invitations to be others' connections automatically.

To set Connections preferences:

1. On the People page, click the Connections tab.
2. From the Grant View Access to list, select the users who can view your list of connections:

   • Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see information about your connections.

   • Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can view your connections.

   • User's Connections—Only you and your connections can view your connections.

   • User Only—Only you can view your connections.

   Note:

   If the Grant View Access to list is disabled in your view contact your system administrator.

3. To automatically accept invitations to connect with another user, select Accept Invitations Automatically.

   Deselect this check box to leave yourself the option of accepting, refusing, or ignoring an invitation to connect with another user.

4. Click Save.

Setting Profile Preferences

The profile details that are affected by your preferences settings appear in your full profile view, for example, in the Profile viewer and on the About tab of the default Profile business role page.

Full profiles are presented in four sections: Summary, Employee, Business Contact, Personal Information. Each section provides information related to the section heading. For example, Summary includes a collection of basic details, such as your user name, mail address, and office location.

Note:

Your system administrator can control every user's access to the user's own profile information. For example, the system administrator can control whether a profile section is shown, whether a given section is editable, and who can see what profile information. Consequently, the control you can exercise over your own profile preferences is determined by the actions of your system administrator.

Use profile preferences to specify who can view different types of information associated with your personal profile.

To set profile preferences:

1. On the People page, click the Profile tab.

   For each section of your personal profile, specify the users who can view it:

   • Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can view the associated section of your profile.

   • Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can view the associated section of your profile.

   • User's Connections—Only you and your connections can view the associated section of your profile.

   • User Only—Only you can view the associated section of your profile.

2. Click Save.

Setting Message Board Preferences

Use Message Board preferences to specify who can view and post to your Message Board.

To set Message Board Preferences:

1. On the People page, click the Message Board tab.
2. Set your preferences for the Message Board:

   Table 9-4 Message Board Preference Options

   Option	Description
   Grant View Access to	Select who can view your Message Board: Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can view your Message Board messages. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can view your Message Board messages. User's Connections—Only you and the users you your Connections can view your Message Board messages. User Only—Only you can view your Message Board messages.
   Grant Post Access to	Select who can post messages to your Message Board: Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can post messages to your Message Board. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can post messages to your Message Board. User's Connections—Only you and your Connections can post messages to your Message Board. User Only—Only you can post messages to your Message Board.

3. Click Save.

Setting Message Board Preferences

Use Feedback preferences to specify who can view the Feedback you have given and received and who can post Feedback in your Feedback views.

To set Feedback Preferences:

1. On the People page, click the Feedback tab.
2. Set your preferences for Feedback:

   Table 9-5 Feedback Preference Options

   Option	Description
   Grant View Access to	Select who can view Feedback given to you. Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can view the Feedback you have given. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can view the Feedback you have given. User's Connections—Only you and your Connections can view the Feedback you have given. User Only—Only you and the user for whom you have provided Feedback can view the Feedback you have given.
   Grant Post Access to	Select who can provide Feedback to you. Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can post Feedback messages to you. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can post Feedback messages to you. User's Connections—Only you and your Connections can post Feedback messages to you. User Only—No one can post Feedback messages to you.
   Grant View Feedback Given Access to	Select who can view Feedback you have received. Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can view Feedback you have received. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can view Feedback you have received. User's Connections—Only you and your Connections can view Feedback you have received. User Only—No one can view Feedback you have received.

3. Click Save.