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User Profiles: I Didn’t Know I Could Do That?Stacy L. Deere-Strole
Focal Point Solutions, LLC
What is a User Profile User Profile vs. MySite Where Do I Start Demo The Cool Stuff The Rewards Corporate Directory Freebies
What is a User Profile?
A user profile is a visual display of personal data associated with a specific user, or a customized desktop environment.
User Profile vs. MySites
You can have one without the other!
Why would you not use MySites?
Why would you not use User Profiles?
Moral of the Story…
User Profiles and MySites may seem like the same thing and look like they are the same thing but in reality…. Are two totally different creatures.
Proper Planning
Microsoft Links:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh296982(v=office.15).aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff182925(v=office.15).aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee721049(v=office.15).aspx
Blog Articles:User Profile Properties: http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co/?p=19Managed Metadata: http://spmindmelt.focalpointsolutions.co/?p=25
Planning Starters
Helpful Links
How and Can a User Profile Help My Company?
Self-Service Whose Who (Meeting Prep) Corporate Directory Quick Information Learn About Your Company Builds Company Bonding Integration to Other Systems Customizable to Suit YOUR
Needs!!
Service Integration Points?
Search Managed Metadata Workflows
Custom Development Exchange Lync
Active Directory Integration!
Import Capabilities Export Capabilities Force Active Directory to get Updated Automation not Manualization
Is Your AD Up to Date? Does it pull from another system? Does it push to another system? Is there always an ongoing project for AD? AD Admins want none of it!
How to build and configure the User Profile Service Application?
User Profile Service
Application
Central Administration Application Management Manage Service Applications New User Profile Service Application
Step #1
Step #2
Step #3
Step #4
Step #5
MySite Web App HAS to exist prior to configuration.
Step #6
Default but can be changed.
Step #7
Arrived in 2013 Service Pack 1!
Almost There… Step #8
System Settings Manage Services on Server Select Start on “User Profile Service” STOP DON’T DO IT I KNOW YOU WANT TO… Initiate an IISReset Start “User Profile Sychronization Service” Be Patient this can take up to 10 minutes to start…
User Profile Service
Application
Central Administration Application Management Manage Service Applications User Profile Service Application
Active Directory
Synchronization
Active Directory Connection
Active Directory Users
Synchronization Filters
Disabled User Filter
Additional Filters
Start Profile
Synchronization
Starting Profile
Synchronization
Search – Almost There!!
Quote
The Cool Stuff!!
Skill Searching Corporate Directory Custom User Properties Managed Metadata Integration Pictures Integration Active Directory Import & Export
Custom User Properties
Managed Metadata
Manage User Properties
SLOW
Manage User Properties
New Property
Name
Display Name
Type (Single, Multi, etc…)
Length
Multi-value Separator (Comma or Semicolon)
Pick a Term Set (If Using)
Enter Description
Policy Information
Display Information
Search Information
Active Directory Connection
Manage User Properties
Manage User Properties
Manage User Properties
Active Directory Mapping
Verification
User Profile: Custom
Properties
Manage User Properties
Manage User Properties
Manage User Properties
Not displayed
here but it
can be…
Corporate Directory
Providing the Layout
Go to your Search Center
Site Settings
Look & Feel
Page Layouts & Site Template
(Welcome Page) Search People in the Page Layouts section.
Adding the Page
Go back to the Search Center
Select Files
New Document
Select Page
Create Page
Edit Page
Edit People Search Core Results Web Part
Select Change Query
Property Filter: ‘contentclass’
Equals Manual Value spspeople
Note: You can change these to show other metadata properties that are defined in
the search center by selecting the ‘Choose refiners’ option on the refinement web
part. The managed property must have the ‘Refinable’ option selected in the
search schema for it to be available in this list.
Add Sort Options
Edit Page
Edit People Search Core Results Web Part
Check “Show sort dropdown”
Note: Ensure that the managed property you want to sort by has the Sortable option enabled in the search schema. Search Service Application, Search Schema, Select the LastName managed property and select the Sortable: ‘Yes – active’ option (do the same for all properties you want to sort). Note you will need a full crawl for this to take effect.
[{“name”:”First Name (A-Z)”,”sorts”:[{“p”:”FirstName”,”d”:0}]},{“name”:”Last Name (A-
Z)”,”sorts”:[{“p”:”LastName”,”d”:0}]},{“name”:”Location”,”sorts”:[{“p”:”Location”,”d”:0}]}]
Example: First, Last name &
Location
Want to add
more viewable
fields?
Sort
#Boom
By Default
Full Name
Title
Department
Search Display Template
Site Settings, Master Page & Page Layouts
Locate the Item_Person.html file under Display Templates/Search
Make a copy of the file…
Update Variable(s)
Link to the File
Impress Everyone!!
Updating Display Template
From the Corporate Directory navigate to Site Settings. In the Look and Feel section chose Design Manager.
In Design Manager choose Upload Design Files.
Click the link at the top of the page to open the Master Page Gallery in Windows Explorer.
Item_Person.html
Locate and make a copy.
Modify Display Template
Open the file in a text editor and find the title
tag. Change the title to Corporate Directory
People Item.
Add Fields
<mso Tags– These control the metadata for the Display Template. The one we’re interested in is the ManagedPropertyMapping tag. Add any
new custom properties to this tag before we can display that property in the page. This is where you have to decide what Managed
Properties from the Search Service you are going to use in your page. In this case, we will need to find what Managed Property
that is being used, In the Use Case their wanting to find what is being used for their Cell Phone.
Upload & Apply New
Display Template Click and drag the new display template file to the mapped directory After it is coping, go back to Design manager, you will see that the file should
have a status of ‘Conversion Successful’ Publish a major version Go to the Corporate Directory Page and edit the page Edit the ‘Core Search Results’ webpart In the WebPart Properties, click Display Templates Choose, ‘Use a single template to display items Choose the ‘Corporate Direct People Item’ template Hit Save Publish the page
Customized Corporate
Directory!
Template Includes:• Extension• Mobile Phone• Position• Location• Email Address
My Thank You
Building a Corporate Directory in Under 10 Minutes
Different View
Want this too?
• HTML & CSS File
• Insert the .html file in
– /catalogs/masterpage/Display
Templates/Search
• On People Search Page, Edit the Core
Results Web Part
• Change Default Template to People Item
(Custom)
• Upload .css file to the Style Library
(Must have publishing enabled).
• Site Settings, Look & Feel, Master Page,
Alternate Stylesheet and attach .css file
uploaded.
Coolest Profile Ever!!
Cool Profile #2 –
Difference is? Why?
Silverlight Org Chart
User Adoption“The Key to all Project Success”
O365 Proof
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