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Enabling IBM Connections integration for business card support in Process Portal

If your environment is configured for IBM Connections (formerly known as Lotus Connections), you can enable business card support in Process Portal. When your users click an avatar or a name, the business card information is displayed.

Ensure that IBM Connections is configured for your environment.

You need the Connections server location information to complete this task.

If you want your users to see the IBM Connections avatar instead of the IBM BPM avatar, the proxy-config.xml file must contain a proxy policy for the URL of the Connections server. For information on updating the proxy configuration, see Configure the Business Space Ajax proxy: and Adding proxy policies to the Business Space Ajax proxy: .

To change the Process Portal application, you must be logged in to IBM Process Designer with a user ID with administrative rights.


Procedure

  1. Open the Process Portal application in Process Designer, click the Servers tab, and then Add to add the Connections server.

  2. In the Type field, select IBM Connections Server.

  3. Specify the host name and port number for the Connections server.

  4. Optional: Specify whether the Connections server uses SSL. If Process Portal is accessed through HTTPS, you must select this setting. If Process Portal is accessed through HTTP, do not select this setting.
  5. Test the connection to the Connections server. For a server with SSL, the URL is:
    https://w3-connections.ibm.com
    For a server without SSL, the URL is:
    http://w3-connections.ibm.com
    If your setup is configured correctly, you see the IBM Connections login window.


Results

Process Portal users can see the business card information of the users that they work with. In addition, if your environment is configured for IBM Lotus Sametime Connect integration, your users can collaborate with someone else directly from the business card.

Set up collaboration features for business users