Edit settings in the profiles-policy.xml file to configure the
reporting structure feature. You can specify whether a user's manager information is available
and whether a manager's direct reports are available.
Before you begin
To edit configuration files, you must use the IBM®
WebSphere® Application Server wsadmin client. See
Starting the wsadmin client for information
about how to start the wsadmin command-line tool.
About this task
When the report-to feature is enabled, users can view the position of other users
within the organization using the report-to chain information displayed on their profile page.
When the people-managed feature is enabled, users can view the direct reports of a particular
manager. As administrator, you can enable or disable these reporting structure features for
specific profile types.
Procedure
The following steps provide information about the properties that you can set for
the reporting structure feature.
- Start the wsadmin client from the following
directory of the system on which you installed the Deployment Manager:
app_server_root\profiles\dm_profile_root\bin
where
app_server_root is
the WebSphere Application
Server installation directory and
dm_profile_root is
the Deployment Manager profile directory, typically dmgr01.
You
must start the client from this directory or subsequent commands that
you enter do not execute correctly.
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Start the Profiles Jython script interpreter.
- Enter the following command
to access the Profiles configuration files:
execfile("profilesAdmin.py") If
prompted to specify a service to connect to, type 1 to pick the first
node in the list. Most commands can run on any node. If the command
writes or reads information to or from a file using a local file path,
you must pick the node where the file is stored.
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Use the following command to check out the profiles-policy.xml
file:
ProfilesConfigService.checkOutPolicyConfig("<working_directory>", "cell_name")
where:
- working_directory is the temporary working directory to which the
configuration XML and XSD files will be copied. The files are kept in this working
directory while you make changes to them.
- cell_name is the name of the IBM WebSphere Application Server cell
hosting the Profiles application. This argument is required.
For
example:
ProfilesConfigService.checkOutPolicyConfig("/wsadminoutput", "jdoe30Node02Cell")
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Open the profiles-policy.xml file using a text editor, from the
temporary directory to which you checked it out.
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Edit the following properties for the reporting structure feature.
- profile.reportTo
Enables or disables the display of the user's report-to information on their
profile page.
This property takes a string value. Possible values include:
- true. Report-to information is available for the users with this profile type. The
user interface displays the report-to information, and the user's service document
contains the reporting structure links.
- false. Report-to information is not available for the users with this profile
type. The report-to information is hidden. If you are disabling this option,
consider also disabling the widget for all users in the
widgets-config.xml file. For more information, see
Managing widgets in Profiles.
For example, to enable the display of report-to information for users with
the default profile
type:
<feature name="profile.reportTo">
<profileType type="default" enabled="true">
</profileType>
</feature>
- profile.peopleManaged
Enables or disables the display of direct reports for managers with the specified
profile type.
This property takes a string value. Possible values include:
- true. People-managed information is available for the users with this profile
type, when they are managers. The user interface displays the report-to information,
and the user's service document contains the reporting structure links.
- false. People-managed information is not available for managers with this profile
type. The user interface still displays the Report-to Chain widget, but with only
the current profile owner shown. The people-managed information is hidden, as if the
user does not have any direct reports.
For example, to enable the display of people-managed information for
managers with the default profile
type:
<feature name="profile.peopleManaged">
<profileType type="default" enabled="true">
</profileType>
</feature>
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Save your changes and check the profiles-policy.xml file back in
using the following command:
ProfilesConfigService.checkInPolicyConfig()
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To exit the wsadmin client, type exit at the prompt.
-
Stop and restart the Profiles server.