Configure the status update feature by profile type 

Edit settings in profiles-policy.xml to configure the status update feature according to profile type.


Before starting

To edit configuration files, use the IBM WAS wsadmin client. See Starting the wsadmin client for information about how to start the wsadmin command-line tool.


About this task

Profiles users can keep people in their network and the wider organization informed about their latest activities by posting status messages. You can control whether users can update their status message by enabling or disabling status updates for specific profile types. You can also configure access control settings for status updates according to profile type.

By default, status messages expire after 7 days and are cleared from the system when they expire.


Procedure

The following steps provide information about the properties that you can set for the status update feature, and the access levels and scopes that you can configure.

  1. From the dmgr host:

      cd $DMGR_PROFILE/bin
      ./wsadmin.sh -jython
      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, pick the node where the file is stored.

  • Check out profiles-policy.xml: 

      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 WAS cell hosting the Profiles application. This argument is required.

      For example: 

      ProfilesConfigService.checkOutPolicyConfig("/wsadminoutput", "jdoe30Node02Cell")

  • Open profiles-policy.xml using a text editor, from the temporary directory to which you checked it out.

  • Edit the following properties for the status update feature as needed.

      profile.status

        Enables or disables the status update feature.

        This property takes a string value. Possible values include:

        • true. Enables the status update feature for users with the specified profile type. The user interface for status messages displays.

        • false. Disables the status update feature for users with the specified profile type. The user interface for status messages does not display. The access control level settings are also ignored when this feature is disabled.

      profile.status.update

        Controls user access to update status messages.

        Access levels for this property can be defined using one of the following scopes:

        • none. No one can update the status message of users with the specified profile type.

        • self. Users with the specified profile type can update their own status message. Administrators can also update the status message of users with the specified profile type.

      For example: 

      <feature name="profile.status">
  <profileType type="default" enabled="true">
   <acl name="profile.status.update" scope="self" /> 
  </profileType>
</feature>

      The code sample above enables the status update feature for the default profile, but restricts the ability to update status messages to profile owners and administrators.

  • Save your changes and check profiles-policy.xml back in using the following command: 

      ProfilesConfigService.checkInPolicyConfig()

  • To exit the wsadmin client, type exit at the prompt.

  • Stop and restart the Profiles server.


    Parent topic

    Configure features by profile type

    Related concepts
    Work with status messages


       

     

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