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User Profile Plus Web Part - from Bamboo Solutions
What Does It Do?
The Bamboo User Profile Plus Web Part allows you to display user profile data alphabetically, by department or by organizational hierarchy from a SharePoint Contacts List or WSS 3.0 User Information List. You can grant users the ability to edit their own profiles, print their user profile information, and allow user groups to edit profiles for users belonging to their own department. User profile data can be edited, hidden from all users or made private so that users only see their own private data.
| Bamboo User Profile Plus Web Part vs. SharePoint Out-of-the-Box Functionality | MOSS 2007, WSS 3.0 |
User Profile Plus |
| Allow end users to edit their own profile information. |  |
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| Configure search criteria for Advanced Search so users can search by name, department, email address, etc. | |
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| Determine which user profile columns are included, editable and public/private. | |
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| Configure user groups to edit user profiles belonging to a particular department, enabling department site administrators to have control over their own department user profile data. | |
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| Configure user pictures to be automatically stored in a Picture Library. | |
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| Show the Print Preview buttons so users can print user profile information. | |
How Does It Work?
Add the User Profile Plus Web Part anywhere in your site collection to allow users to view and update their profile information. Profile information can be stored in the WSS 3.0 User Information List or a Contacts List. Configure the Web Part to allow all users to edit certain fields while also making some fields private (only the user can view and/or edit the field for their own profile). You can set editing permissions for departments by user groups - allowing users in the selected group to edit all profiles for users belonging to a particular department. Create new tabs to display user information as well as designate fields to be included or hidden from view. You can also specify a Picture Library to automatically store pictures uploaded to user profiles.
Why Did We Build It?
Alerts in SharePoint are frequently underused. One of the main reasons is because users are often inundated with an unnecessary amount of alerts whenever a list is touched - diminishing their significance. Alert Plus Web Part gives users the ability to only receive alerts for very specific conditions, helping your end users manage their tasks more efficiently and consistently.
To configure Web Part functionality available to users, you can set up columns to be used as search criteria in the Advanced Search as well as designate full column search when using just the Search box. You can also determine whether users can print user profile information, click a My Profile link to quickly return to their own profile, determine whether the default view of the Web Part includes the Alphabetical, Organization (displayed by reporting hierarchy), and/or Department view as well as whether users default to their own profile first when they navigate to the Web Part.
Why Did We Build It?
In WSS 3.0, there is no centralized user database that is comparable to the User Profile Database in MOSS 2007. WSS user profile data is stored in a single list known as the User Information List. This is a hidden list that is not easily found and cannot be extended or accessed at all by end users. Given the predominance of WSS 3.0 users, companies need a way to manage their user profile data easier while also providing users access to their own user profile for maintenance.
