Microsoft Sharepoint Web Parts

User "Spotlight" Sharepoint Web Part

"User Spotlight On.." Web Part The "User Spotlight On.." Web Part selects a random user entry from the Sharepoint User Profile Store (MOSS 2007, Sharepoint 2010 and Sharepoint 2013 Standard or Enterprise) and displays the selected user fields as specified in a freely configurable template. The Web Part can be used with Windows Sharepoint Server 2007 (MOSS), SP 2010 (Standard or Enterprise) SP 2013 Server and SP 2016 Server. Please note that this web part is not compatible with Windows Sharepoint Services V3 and SP 2010/2013 Foundation.  You can configure the following web part properties: the template to select the desired User Profile properties an optional  list of users to be excluded from the Spotlight rotation. show a new entry every day or on every page refresh Product Price User "Spotlight On" Web Part MOSS 2007  30 day Evaluation Version Free User "Spotlight On" Web Part SP 2010 Server (Standard/Enterprise Edition) 30 day Evaluation Version  Free User "Spotlight On" Web Part SP 2013 Server (Standard/Enterprise Edition) 30 day Evaluation Version  Free User "Spotlight On" Web Part SP 2016 Server (Standard/Enterprise Edition) 30 day Evaluation Version  Free User "Spotlight On" Web Part License Key per Server License USD 150.00 Web Part Installation Instructions  MOSS 2007 Web Part Installation Instructions  SP 2010/2013 (Standard/Enterprise Edition) You can also send us a PO via e-mail to [email protected] or by fax to ++41 62 823 75 74

Installation Instructions:

1. download the User Spotlight Web Part Installation Instructions (PDF file, see above) 
   
2. either install the web part manually or deploy the feature to your server/farm as described in the instructions.
   
3. Security Note:
   if you get the following error message: "Only an administrator may enumerate through all user profiles", you will need to grant the application pool account(s) for the web application(s) ï¿½Manage User Profiles� permissions within the SSP/User Profile Service. 
   This ensures that the application pool is able to retrieve the list of user profiles.
   To assign this permission, access your active Shared Services Provider via Central Admin.
   From the �User Profiles and My Sites� group, click �Personalization services permissions�. 
   Add the �Manage User Profiles� permission to  your application pool account(s).
   
4. Configure the following Web Part properties in the Web Part Editor "Miscellaneous" pane section as needed:
   
   

   Site Name: Enter the name of the site (Shared Services Provider in case of MOSS 2007) that contains the User Profile Store: - leave this field empty if the User Profile is in the default SSP/User Profile Service  - Enter "current" if the User Profile is in the current site - Enter the Site name to choose a specific SSP Field Template: Enter the desired User Profile properties (surrounded by curly braces). You can specify HTML tags and CSS styles to freely format the text. The following standard properties are available: AccountName FirstName LastName PreferredName WorkPhone Office Department Title Manager AboutMe PictureURL UserName QuickLinks WebSite WorkEmail Assistant CellPhone Fax HomePhone PersonalSpace SPS-Dotted-line SPS-Peers SPS-Responsibility SPS-Skills SPS-PastProjects SPS-Interests SPS-School SPS-SipAddress SPS-Birthday SPS-MySiteUpgrade SPS-HireDate Online Presence Information: You can optionally add a presence indicator by adding the {Presence} column to the Field Template: Example: {PictureURL} <b>{FirstName} {LastName}</b> <p style='margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:3px'><font color=gray>{Department}</font></p> {AboutMe} <div style='background-color:#ffcc00;padding:5px;margin-top:4px'> <b>Office Phone:</b> {WorkPhone}<br> <b>Cell Phone:</b> {CellPhone} <p style='text-align:right;margin:0px'><a href='{PersonalSpace}'>Visit My Site..</a></p> </div> The web part also supports the below tokens: Placeholders Current time of day {timeofday} Current Date {date} Current Time {time} Birthday Message {birthday} Example: Text Layout: specify the placing of the Text with respect to the Image: - Right - Wrap - Bottom Use Image Thumbnails: use the user image thumbnails as generated by Sharepoints. Uncheck this option if your user profile images have not been uploaded via Sharepoint. Image Width: enter the desired user image width in pixels (leave empty to use the default width). Show new Entry: - "always":a new entry is displayed on every page refresh. - "every Day": shows a new entry on every day. - "every Week": shows a new entry on every week (the selection changes each Sunday). Suppress Duplicates: makes sure that each User Spotlight displays a different user when multiple User Spotlight web parts are placed on the same page. Show Profile of: If you would like to display a static user spotlight, enter the account name of the user to be displayed. You can also enter multiple users (separated by semicolons) to be included in the selection. You can use the {uid} placeholder to select the curently logged-in user. You also can use a web part connection (by using a filter web part) to set the value of this field. Users to be excluded: Enter the account names of the users (separated by semicolons) that should not be included in the Spotlight rotation. Mandatory User properties: Enter the user properties which need to be non-empty for the user to be selected. Example: exclude all users that have no photo and no "About Me" text:  PictureURL;AboutMe You also can filter out certain users by entering one or more filter conditions as follows: property=value The following comparison operators are supported: =    equals <>  not equals ~    like (contains) !~   not like (does not contain) Example 1 (one filter condition): Department=IT Department<>IT SPS-HireDate>-30  Example 2 (one filter condition with two possible values): Department=IT OR Development Example 3 (two filter conditions): Department=IT;Office=Main Building Example 4 (a mandatory field combined with a filter condition): LastName;Department=IT Group Membership Filter: optionally enter either a Sharepoint Group or an Active Directory group to only display users that are a member of the specified group. Please make sure that the group is linked to the security permissions on the site. You can add multiple Sharepoint groups separated by semicolons. If you specify an AD group, please prefix it with an "@" character, as eg. @SomeADGroup Cache Retention Time: enter the data cache retention time in minutes (enter "0" to turn off the cache feature) to speed up consecutive page visits. The use of this feature is recommened for large User Profile stores. License Key: enter your Product License Key (as supplied after purchase of the "User Spotlight Web Part" license key). Leave this field empty if you are using the free 30 day evaluation version.