Edit settings in the profiles-policy.xml file
to configure the reporting structure feature. You can specify whether
a user's manager information is available and whether a manager's
direct reports are available.
Before you begin
To edit configuration files, you must use the IBM® WebSphere® Application
Server wsadmin client. See Starting
the wsadmin client for information about how to start the wsadmin
command-line tool.
About this task
When the report-to feature is enabled, users can view the
position of other users within the organization using the report-to
chain information displayed on their profile page. When the people-managed
feature is enabled, users can view the direct reports of a particular
manager. As administrator, you can enable or disable these reporting
structure features for specific profile types.Procedure
The following steps provide information about the properties
that you can set for the reporting structure feature.
- Start the wsadmin client from the following
directory of the system on which you installed the Deployment Manager:
app_server_root\profiles\dm_profile_root\bin
where app_server_root is
the WebSphere Application
Server installation directory and dm_profile_root is
the Deployment Manager profile directory, typically dmgr01.You
must start the client from this directory or subsequent commands that
you enter do not execute correctly.
- Start the Profiles Jython script interpreter.
- Enter the following command
to access the Profiles configuration files:
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,
you must pick the node where the file is stored.
- Use the following command to
check out the profiles-policy.xml file:
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 WebSphere Application
Server cell hosting the Profiles application. This argument is required.
For example:ProfilesConfigService.checkOutPolicyConfig("/wsadminoutput", "jdoe30Node02Cell")
- Open the profiles-policy.xml file
using a text editor, from the temporary directory to which you checked
it out.
- Edit the following properties for the reporting structure
feature.
- profile.reportTo
Enables or disables the display of the user's report-to information
on their profile page.
This property takes a string value. Possible
values include:
- true. Report-to information is available for the users with this
profile type. The user interface displays the report-to information,
and the user's service document contains the reporting structure links.
- false. Report-to information is not available for the users with
this profile type. The user interface still displays the Report-to-Chain
widget, but with only the profile owner shown. The report-to information
is hidden, as if the profile owner does not have a manager. If you
are disabling this option, consider also disabling the widget for
this profile type in the widgets-config.xml file.
For more information, see Managing widgets in Profiles.
For example, to enable the display of report-to information
for users with the default profile type:
<feature name="profile.reportTo">
<profileType type="default" enabled="true">
</profileType>
</feature>
- profile.peopleManaged
Enables or disables the display of direct reports for managers
with the specified profile type.
This property takes a string
value. Possible values include:
- true. People-managed information is available for the users with
this profile type, when they are managers. The user interface displays
the report-to information, and the user's service document contains
the reporting structure links.
- false. People-managed information is not available for managers
with this profile type. The user interface still displays the Report-to
Chain widget, but with only the current profile owner shown. The people-managed
information is hidden, as if the user does not have any direct reports.
For example, to enable the display of people-managed information
for managers with the default profile type:
<feature name="profile.peopleManaged">
<profileType type="default" enabled="true">
</profileType>
</feature>
- Save your changes and check the profiles-policy.xml file
back in using the following command:
ProfilesConfigService.checkInPolicyConfig()
- To exit the wsadmin client, type exit at
the prompt.
- Stop and restart the Profiles server.