User Profile 

Use

The user profile is the set of user data that users and administrators can display and modify and includes attributes such as name, e-mail address, language, and so on.

Features

·        The user profile displays all the attributes stored for a user. If a language is not explicitly defined for a user, the server’s default language is used.

·        You can extend the standard user profile to include additional attributes. These are then displayed under the heading Customized Information at the end of the user profile.

To add additional attributes to the user profile, modify the ume.admin.addattrsproperty in user management properties and set its value to an optional namespace followed by a list of field names. The field names are displayed in the user profile in the same order as they appear in the list and with exactly the same texts. See also UME Properties ® Administration.

When a user or administrator enters data in these fields, the data is saved to the data source in an attribute with the same name as in user management properties.

Constraint: At present it is not possible to provide translations for these texts.

For example, you add the following line to user management properties:

ume.admin.addattrs=Room Number;Building;Direct Report

In the user profile under the heading Customized Information, three fields appear with the texts Room Number, Building, and Direct Report. When data is entered and saved in these fields, it gets stored in the LDAP directory or database in attributes with the names Room Number, Building, and Direct Report.

Activities

·        Administrators can display and modify the user profiles of any users that they are responsible for in the user management administration console.

·        In SAP Enterprise Portal, individual users can modify and display only their own user profile using the personalisation functions of the portal. See Portal End User Guide ® Personalizing Your Portal.