Calling User Details and Working with Users (SAP Library - Getting Started ? Using SAP Software)

Calling User Details and Working with Users

Use

If you click the mouse cursor on a user name in the portal, you can launch the user details of the user in question. On the user interface of the User Details iView, there is a group of links to services. You can use these to launch the most important services for collaboration with the user in question.

You can use the User Details iView in the following ways:

● Launching services for collaboration with the user

○ Through links on the user interface

○ Through the context menu for the user name

● Getting information on the user

○ Photograph of the user

○ Information about the user: General information, address, information on company affiliation

The graphic below illustrates the structure and functions of the User Details iView.

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Features

Function of the User Details iView	Description
Displaying information about the user	The user details show a photograph of the user. You can either have the system administrator upload photographs into the system or allow each user to do this. For more information, see Uploading a Photo in the User Details iView and the Photo Maintenance for the User Details iView topic in the Administration Guide for Collaboration (SAP Library). In addition, information about the user is arranged on tab pages, for example: ● General Information Name, user ID, telephone number, e-mail address ● Address ● Company For example, department, function The number of tab pages and the amount of information displayed depends on the iView configuration and the information that is stored about the user.
Displaying the availability status	For the user, the availability status appears in the form of an icon. (More information: Personalizing the Availability Status).
Launching services	Using the links arranged on the user interface, you can directly launch services for collaborating with the user. (More information: Collaborating with Other Users) Your system administrator configures these groups of services. The services that are used particularly frequently are provided as links. To collaborate with the user, click the link in question, for example, Send E-Mail. In addition, you can launch services in the context menu for the user name.