Use this procedure to enable business users to view the user profile of other business users of the SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java. Using a user viewer iView, users can view the following information about other users:
You can add custom attributes to the user profile for display in the user viewer.
When to Use the Collaboration Capabilities of the Portal
If your installation includes a portal, you can opt for the portal iView.
The portal offers a user details iView as part of its collaboration capabilities with a greater range of options and configurations. Use the table below to help you determine which iView to use.
Comparison of User iViews
User Viewer iView of the AS Java | User Details iView of the Portal |
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You can use this iView with usage types AS Java and EPC. |
Requires usage type EP. |
Displays e-mail address and telephone numbers. |
Provides a range of collaboration services. |
Does not support adding user photographs. |
Show or hide user photographs. Includes photo maintenance self-service. |
You can display custom attributes of the user profile. |
You can change the structure and layout of the user attributes. You can create company-specific iViews. |
For more information, see User Details iView in the Collaboration Administration Guide.
View Options
The user viewer presents the following view options:
If you start the user viewer application without URL parameters, you can search for users to display. The user viewer uses the simple search mechanism of the user management engine (UME).
You can use the GET or POST methods to pass URL parameters. With the parameters, you can specify the user to display in the user viewer iView. You have the following options:
Provide the user ID of the AS Java user and the user viewer displays the public information from the user profile as described above.
By providing the user ID and system alias you can perform a reverse look up based on the user mapping. You provide the portal system alias of a back-end system and a user ID in that back-end system. If there is a user mapping to a user in the AS Java, the user viewer displays the public information from the user profile as described above.
If either request does not find a user, the user viewer display the search screen as if no parameters were passed.
If you have custom attributes in the user profiles, you can make them viewable in the user viewer.
To make custom attributes visible in the user viewer, edit the UMEproperty ume.admin.public.addattrs .
For more information, see Editing UME Properties .
If you edit the UME property, you must restart the AS Java.
Create a role with the relevant UME action and assign the role to a group of users, such as authenticated users.
Users with user viewer authorizations can now use the user viewer. You need to determine how users access the user viewer.
Use the following URL:
http:// <host>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~sec~ume~wd~enduser/UserViewerApp
The user viewer iView is in the portal content directory (PCD) under the following path:
/Content Provided by SAP /Admin Interfaces/Admin iView Templates/User Details
Uri Kwan has a user in the AS Java with the user ID ukwan . Uri is mapped to the user KWAN in the back-end system DEV_SYS . Below are examples of how to use the URL parameters:
http:// <host>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~sec~ume~wd~enduser/UserViewerApp ?userID=ukwan
http:// <host>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~sec~ume~wd~enduser/UserViewerApp?userID=KWAN&systemAlias=DEV_SYS