Configure the Connections business card

Enable the Connections Business Card so the users can access Connections data such as a person's profile information.

The IBM Connections Business Card used by the portlets now supports the configuration where the email address is hidden in Connections. Follow the steps in the IBM WebSphere Portal product documentation for enabling the business card: Integrate with Connections profile.

To configure the Connections business card:

1. Search the Connections LDAP directory for the user whose profile to enable in WebSphere Portal and add that user to the portal LDAP directory.

2. Ensure that ibm-primaryEmail is mapped to the appropriate attribute (for example, mail or email) in the LDAP, and the email address in the Connections LDAP matches the email address in the portal LDAP.

3. Familiarize yourself with how to run the ConfigEngine command for the platform. See Install the IBM Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal for details.

4. Run to configure the Connections business card:
   ConfigEngine configure-ConnectionsBizCard -DICbaseURLunsecured =[baseURL] -DURLProviderName=[URL-provider-name] -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd]

   The default name for [URL-provider-name] is Default URL Provider.

5. To test the card is configured correctly, open one of the Connections portlets on WebSphere Portal and search for a person. Then, hover on the user's name to verify the business card displays for this user. If not, the Connections business card is not configured properly.

6. Run to remove the configuration for the Connections business card:
   ConfigEngine remove-ConnectionsBizCard -DURLProviderName=[URL-provider-name] -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd]

   The default name for [URL-provider-name] is Default URL Provider.

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Recommended configuration