People Connections Settings

This page is for setting application-wide defaults for People Connections features. In some cases, you can enforce the values you specify here or enable users to override these values with their own settings on the People Connections Preferences. The People Connections page is also for enabling or disabling users from changing their application password (for more information, see Profile).

Setting default values on this page affects all users' views of People Connections features. There are a few other levels at which these values can be set that follow an order of precedence:

Administrative settings on this page affect all users' views of People Connections features.
Preferences settings on the People Connections Preferences affect the view of the user who set them, and they override administrative settings.
Settings on a particular task flow affect just that task flow instance, and they override Preference settings:
- Values set in page edit mode (application customization) affect all users' views of that task flow instance.
- Values set in page view mode (user customization) affect only that user's view of that task flow instance, and they override task flow customizations.
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The People Connections page provides access to settings for the following features:

Activity Stream

The Activity Stream tab is for specifying the users from whom activities are streamed, whether to stream activity from portals other than the Home Portal, which services are tracked, whether to stream personal activities in a user's view, and whether to provide an opportunity to users to like and comment on streamed activities. More

Element	Description
People	Options for specifying whose activities to stream, shown in the user's view of the Activity Stream: Only Me—Show only the user's activities Me and My Connections—Show the activities of the user and the user's connections No Personal—Omit all activities streamed from the Home Portal
Portals	Options for controlling whether to stream activities from portals other than the Home Portal: All Portals—Stream activities from all portals to which the user has access My Portals—Stream activities from the portals of which the user is a manager No Portals—Omit streaming activity from all portals (except the Home Portal)
Tools and Service Categories	Options for selecting the default services from which to stream activities: Services available for selection may include: Blogs Business Object Data Visualization Documents Events Feedback Layout Lists Message Board Pages Portal Management Profiles REST Data Source SQL Data Source Tagging Visualization Template Each selection has an associated Allow Owner Override control, which you, as the administrator, can use to allow users to override the application-level settings you establish here through their own preferences on the People Connections Preferences. The activities of unselected services are still tracked, but they do not appear in the Activity Stream. If you select to show the service activities at some later point, all of the activities that occurred when the service was not selected appear in the Activity Stream.
Privacy	Options for setting default user access to other users' Activity Stream information: Allow All My Activities To Be Viewed By—Specify who can view another user's activities: Everyone—Any user, whether logged in or not, can view other users' activities. Authenticated Users—Users who have logged in can view other users' activities. My Connections—User A can view user B's activities if user B has accepted user A as a connection. User B can also view user A's activities. Myself—A user can view only his or her own activities. Allow Owner Override—Allow users to override the application default settings for Activity Stream Privacy using their own preferences on the People Connections Preferences.
Comments and Likes	Options for enabling users to like or unlike a streamed item and to comment on it: Enable comments on objects in the Activity Stream—Select to enable users to add comments to streamed items. Enable others to like objects in the Activity Stream—Select to enable users to like and unlike a streamed item. Users can like and comment on streamed items that include objects. For example, users can like or comment on "Jack has updated doc.xml." Users cannot like or comment on streamed items that do not include objects. For exampke, users cannot like or comment on "Jack and Jill are now connected."

Connections

The Connections tab is for specifying who can view another user's connection information and whether users accept connection invitations automatically. More

Element	Description
Grant View Access to	Specify who can view user connections: Access Select the default class of users to whom to grant automatic view access to a user's connections: Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see other users' connections. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see other users' connections. User's Connections—Only the user and his or her connections can see the user's connections. User Only—Only a user can see his or her own connections. Allow Owner Override Select to allow users to override this setting through their personal Preferences. Deselect to prohibit users from overriding this setting.
Accept Invitations Automatically	Select to specify that, by default, all invitations to connect are accepted automatically. Deselect to specify that, by default, a user must explicitly accept or reject invitations to connect.

Element

Description

Grant View Access to

Specify who can view user connections:

Access

Select the default class of users to whom to grant automatic view access to a user's connections:

Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see other users' connections.
Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see other users' connections.
User's Connections—Only the user and his or her connections can see the user's connections.
User Only—Only a user can see his or her own connections.

Allow Owner Override

Select to allow users to override this setting through their personal Preferences.
Deselect to prohibit users from overriding this setting.

Accept Invitations Automatically

Select to specify that, by default, all invitations to connect are accepted automatically.
Deselect to specify that, by default, a user must explicitly accept or reject invitations to connect.

Profile

The Profile tab is for specifying personal profile defaults for all users. This includes specifying who can view another user's profile. WebCenter Portal's identity store provides most personal profile data; however, the WebCenter Portal schema stores the profile photo, status message, and expertise. More

Element	Description
Allow Password Change	Select to allow users to change their application passwords. Deselect to prevent users from changing their application passwords. Deselection is useful when your organization provides a single, separate application for managing user credentials (like SSO) and, consequently, prefers not to offer password management through a given application.
Profile Access	Set application defaults for Profiles in the following table columns: Profile Section—Lists the information sections of a user profile. View Settings—Provides a means of specifying which users by default can view a particular profile section, and indicating whether users can change these defaults in their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Set values for: Who can view this section—Specify which class of users can view the associated profile section by default: Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see the associated profile section in other users' profiles. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see the associated profile section in other users' profiles. User's Connections—Only users who are connected to a user can see the associated profile section in the user's profile. This option is available for all sections except Summary. User Only—Only a user can see personal details in the associated profile section. None—No users can view the associated section. Allow Owner Override—Allow or prohibit users from overriding the default application settings you specify here. Select to allow; deselect to prohibit. Can Edit—Select to allow users to edit the associated profile section of their own personal profiles; deselect to prevent users from editing the associated profile section.
Profile Attributes	Indicate the section attributes that users are allowed to edit by default Select an attribute to allow users to edit that value in their own profiles. Deselect an attribute to prevent users from editing it in their own profiles.

Element

Description

Allow Password Change

Select to allow users to change their application passwords.
Deselect to prevent users from changing their application passwords.

Deselection is useful when your organization provides a single, separate application for managing user credentials (like SSO) and, consequently, prefers not to offer password management through a given application.

Profile Access

Set application defaults for Profiles in the following table columns:

Profile Section—Lists the information sections of a user profile.

View Settings—Provides a means of specifying which users by default can view a particular profile section, and indicating whether users can change these defaults in their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Set values for:

Who can view this section—Specify which class of users can view the associated profile section by default:

Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see the associated profile section in other users' profiles.

Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see the associated profile section in other users' profiles.

User's Connections—Only users who are connected to a user can see the associated profile section in the user's profile. This option is available for all sections except Summary.

User Only—Only a user can see personal details in the associated profile section.

None—No users can view the associated section.
Allow Owner Override—Allow or prohibit users from overriding the default application settings you specify here. Select to allow; deselect to prohibit.

Can Edit—Select to allow users to edit the associated profile section of their own personal profiles; deselect to prevent users from editing the associated profile section.

Profile Attributes

Indicate the section attributes that users are allowed to edit by default

Select an attribute to allow users to edit that value in their own profiles.
Deselect an attribute to prevent users from editing it in their own profiles.

Message Board

The Message Board tab is for specifying who can view and post to another user's Message Board and whether users can edit and delete messages they have posted. More

Element	Description
Grant View Access to	Access Select who can view a user's Message Board: Everyone—All users, including users who are not logged in, can see other users' Message Board messages. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see other users' Message Board messages. User's Connections—Only the user and the users to whom he or she is connected can see the user's Message Board. User Only—Only Message Board owners can see messages posted to their Message Boards. Allow Owner Override Select to allow users to edit the default setting through their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Deselect to enforce the default you set here.
Grant Post Access to	Access Select who can post messages to a user's Message Board: Everyone—All users, whether logged in or not, can post messages to Message Boards. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can post messages to Message Boards. User's Connections—Only the user and the users to whom he or she is connected can post messages to the user's Message Board. User Only—Message Board owners can post messages only to themselves. Allow Owner Override Select to allow users to edit the default setting through their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Deselect to enforce the default you set here.
Additional Access Settings	Allow or prevent users from acting on messages they post to other users' Message Boards and the messages they receive from others: Enable users to act on messages they post on other Message Boards Select who can post messages to a user's Message Board: Edit message—Select to allow users to edit their own Message Board posts. Delete message—Select to allow users to delete their own Message Board posts. Enable users to act on messages they received from others Delete message—Select to allow users to delete messages they have received from others in their Message Boards. Change the visibility of the message—Select to enable users to hide or show messages they have received from others in their Message Boards.
Comments and Likes	Enable commenting on messages from Message Board—Select to allow users to add comments to messages. Enable liking of messages from Message Board—Select to allow users to like and unlike messages.

Feedback

Feedback configuration settings are for identifying who can view, post, and delete feedback. More

Element	Description
Grant View Access to	Specify who can view user feedback: Access Select the default class of users to whom to grant automatic view access to a user's feedback: Everyone—All users, whether logged in or not, can see a user's feedback. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can see a user's feedback. User's Connections—Only the user and his or her connections can see the user's feedback. User Only—Disables other users from viewing a user's feedback. Allow Owner Override Select to allow users to edit this default setting through their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Deselect to prevent users from altering the default you set here.
Grant Post Access to	Specify who can post user feedback: Access Everyone—All users, whether logged in or not, can post user feedback. Authenticated Users—Only users who are logged in can post feedback for a given user. User's Connections—Only the user and his or her connections can post feedback for the user. User Only—Users can post Feedback only for themselves. Effectively disables feedback. Allow Owner Override Select to allow users to edit this default setting through their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Deselect to prevent users from altering the default you set here.
Grant View Feedback Given Access to	Specify who can see the View menu to switch between Feedback Given and Feedback Received in a Feedback task flow: Everyone—All users, whether logged in or not, can see the options on the View menu. Authenticated Users—Only logged in users can see the options on the View menu. User's Connections—Only the user and his or her connections can see the View menu. User Only—Disables the View menu for all but the current user. When users visit the current user's Feedback task flow, they can view only the feedback the current user has received. Allow Owner Override Select to enable users to edit this default setting through their preferences on the People Connections Preferences. Deselect to prevent users from altering the default you set here.
Additional Access Settings	Specify whether users who are allowed to post feedback are also allowed to delete their posts: Enable users to act on the feedback given to others Delete feedback—Select to allow users to delete the feedback they post. Deselect to prevent users from deleting the feedback they post. Enable owner of the feedback to act on feedback posted by others Change the visibility of the feedback—Select to allow users to hide or show feedback they have received from others