Personalizing the Availability Status 

Use

The availability status shows (in the form of an icon) whether portal users are available in the portal for collaboration through e-mail, instant messaging, or application sharing.

In the portal, the availability status appears in the following iViews:

●      Collaboration Launch Pad (CLP)

○       For every contact added to the CLP – portal users, user groups, or room roles, the availability status appears as an icon.

○       In the CLP, every portal user can set the display of their own availability status for other portal users.

●      Room member list

For every member (portal users, user groups), the availability status appears as an icon.

●      User Details iView

On the User Details iView, the availability status appears as an icon in front of the user name.

Features

Setting the availability status

The availability status displayed for you depends on your setting:

Availability Status	Name	Function
	Suppress status	In front of your user name, the system displays the availability status suppressed  icon. Other portal users cannot see whether you are logged on to the portal or online and available. This setting is required if displaying the availability status is forbidden for data protection reasons.
	Determine status automatically	The system automatically shows other portal users whether you are online  or offline  .
	Not available	The system shows that you are online, but you do not want to be disturbed  .
	Not logged on	The room member is not logged on to the portal (offline).