Enabling the tagging of other people

Configure the profiles-config.xml file to enable users to tag each other with relevant key words.

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

You can control whether users can add tags to other people's profiles by configuring the tagOthers property in the Profiles configuration file, profiles-config.xml.

Procedure

To enable users to tag other users, complete the following steps.

Use the wsadmin client to access and check out the Profiles configuration files.
1. 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.
2. Enter the following command to check out the Profiles configuration files:
  ProfilesConfigService.checkOutConfig("working_directory", "cell_name" where:
  - working_directory is the temporary working directory to which the configuration XML and XSD files are copied and are stored while you make changes to them. Use forward slashes (/) to separate directories in the file path, regardless of your operating system.
    Note: In order for the command to complete successfully, the directory must grant write permissions if you are using one of the following operating systems:
    
    AIX®
    
    Linux™
  - cell_name is the name of the WebSphere Application Server cell hosting the Profiles application. This argument is required. It is also case-sensitive. If you do not know the cell name, you can determine it by typing the following command in the wsadmin command processor: print AdminControl.getCell()
  For example:
  - AIX or Linux:
```
ProfilesConfigService.checkOutConfig("/opt/prof/temp","foo01Cell01")
```
  - Microsoft™ Windows™:
```
ProfilesConfigService.checkOutConfig("c:/prof/temp","foo01Cell01")
```

Use the following command to configure settings for the status update feature:

ProfilesConfigService.updateConfig(property, value)

where:

property is one of the editable Profiles configuration properties.
value is the new value with which you want to set that property.

The following table displays information regarding the tagOthers property and the type of data that you can enter for it.

Table 1. The tagOthers property
Property	Description
tagOthers.enabled	Specifies whether users can tag other people. This property takes a Boolean value, true or false. The value must be formatted in lowercase. For example, to prevent users from tagging others: `ProfilesConfigService.updateConfig("tagOthers.enabled", "false")` Note: Users can still tag themselves when the tagOthers property is disabled.

After making changes, you must check the configuration files back in, and you must do so during the same wsadmin session in which you checked them out for the changes to take effect. See Applying property changes for information about how to save and apply your changes.