People Finder configuration mode

The fields of the People Finder portlet determine the layout and content of its views. The People Finder is preconfigured with fields that correspond to the attributes defined by WebSphere Member Manager.

For additional information on setting up the views of the People Finder portlet, while in People Finder Configuration mode, click the Help icon on the portlet.

People Finder fields

The preconfigured fields of the People Finder enable the display of information about people in several views. As an administrator or designer, you can use configuration mode to customize views by selecting and ordering the fields that appear in each view:

Business Card fields

Sections for Person Record and Advanced Search

Person Record fields

Advanced Search Queries fields

Advanced Search Results fields

Quick Search Queries fields

Quick Search Results fields

Organization View fields

Business Card fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Business Card section of the People Finder. The Business Card is preconfigured to display the following fields as lines in descending order. Business Card fields do not display labels, and fields that contain no information are not displayed. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
jpegPhoto	Photo	n/a
displayName	Name	Person Link
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a
ibm-primaryEmail	E-mail address	E-mail Address
ibm-jobTitle	Job title	n/a
ou	Department	n/a
localityName	City	n/a

Sections for Person Record and Advanced Search

The Person Record and Advanced Search are preconfigured to include the following sections:

Contact Information

Current Job

Background

Person Record fields

The Person Record is preconfigured to include the WebSphere Member Manager attributes shown in the following tables as fields for each of the default sections:

Contact Information fields

Current Job fields

Background fields

Contact Information fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Contact Information section of the People Finder. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
ibm-personalTitle	Title	n/a
cn	Name	Person Link
uid	User ID	n/a
employeeNumber	Employee number	n/a
ibm-primaryEmail	E-mail address	E-mail Address
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a
mobile	Mobile phone number	n/a
pager	Pager Number	n/a
roomNumber	Room number	n/a
postalAddress	Address	n/a
street	Street	n/a
localityName	City	n/a
stateOrProvinceName	State or province	n/a
postalCode	Postal Code	n/a
countryName	Country	n/a
secretary	Assistant	Member Link
seeAlso	Back up	Member Link

Current Job fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Current Job section of the People Finder. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
ibm-jobTitle	Job title	n/a
o	Organization name	n/a
ou	Department	n/a
departmentNumber	Department Number	n/a
businessCategory	Business	n/a
manager	Manager	n/a
employeeType	Employee Type	Member Link

Background fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Background section of the People Finder. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
preferredLanguage	Preferred language	n/a
labeledURI	Personal Web page	Web Page Link

Advanced Search Queries

Advanced Search criteria are preconfigured to include most of the same fields that are available for the Person Record. In general, only fields corresponding to attributes of data type String are available as search criteria. Attributes of data type Numeric, Object, or MemberLink are not available for search.

The following fields are not available for selection as Advanced Search criteria in the People Finder. Users cannot search for people using these fields because the attributes are not type String.

manager (data type = MemberLink)

seeAlso (data type = MemberLink)

secretary (data type = MemberLink)

Advanced Search Results fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Advanced Search Results view. The fields are preconfigured to display as columns in left-to-right order. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
displayName	Name	Person Link
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a
ibm-jobTitle	Job title	n/a
ou	Department	n/a

Quick Search Queries

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear by default in the Search By list in Quick Search. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
byName	Name	n/a
uid	User ID	n/a
ibm-primaryEmail	E-mail address	n/a
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a
ou	Department	n/a
ibm-jobTitle	Job title	n/a

Quick Search Results fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Quick Search Results. The fields are preconfigured to display as columns in left-to-right order. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
displayName	Name	Person Link
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a

Organization View fields

The table below lists the WebSphere Member Manager attributes that appear as fields in the Organization View. The fields are preconfigured to display as columns in left-to-right order. For each attribute listed, the field label and display type are identified. Unless noted, the default display type of an attribute is a text string.

WebSphere Member Manager attribute	Field label	Display type
cn	Name	Person Link
telephoneNumber	Phone number	n/a
ibm-jobTitle	Job title	n/a
ou	Department	n/a

See also