Learn how to use XCC personalization

1. Personalization with XCC
– Web Content
Management Extension
for IBM Connections

2. How XCC Personalization Works..
Content from IBM Connections can be personalized
Personalization is based on Profile Attributes
Profile attributes can be inherited from LDAP (Passive
Personalization) or set by personal preferences (Active
Personalization)
Active and passive personalization can be used together
(Hybrid Personalization)

3. Navigation (German)
Links (personalized
& aggregated)
Business Unit 1
News
Location A News
My Files
My Events
(personalized, aggregated)
Clipping Widget
(e.g. Stock Quote)
Static Content
(e.g. Hotline)
Corporate Top News (in German)
My Special Interest
Subject ABC
Subject GHJ
My Communities
How XCC Personalization Works..
ACME Germany Homepage
Frank Adams
I am…
(passive personalization, profile
attribute inherited from LDAP)
• German Employee
• Business Unit 1
• Location A
I prefer…
(active personalization, profile
attribute set by personal preferences)
• Subject ABC
• Subject GHJ
My Connections…
• My Communities
• My Files

4. Available Profile Attributes
The profile attributes that can
be used for personalization
can be customized
(i.e. XCC content masters have
a limited list of attributes with
non-technical terms)

5. Passive Personalization or Targeting, based
on LDAP Attributes, i.e. “Who I am”
Any LDAP attribute that TDI pushes to
IBM Connections profiles can be used
for personalization
Business Unit
Division
Language
Location
Region
…

6. Active Personalization, based on Individual
Preferences, i.e. “What I want”
Use editable profile files for
widget personalization
Profile extension is easy
Widget to update profile
Sample Preferences
Special Interests
Location
Language

7. Personalize Home Page
Personalize Home Page
based on any profile
attribute
Language
Country
Division
Region
Individual Preference
Ideal for multi-national /
multi-lingual organizations

8. Personalizable Elements on XCC Pages
XCC Elements and Widgets Widgets adopted from My Page
• Events Widget
• Homepage
• Ideation Widget
• Files Widget
• Forum Widget
• Links Widget
• Navigation
• News Widget (Single, News Channel,
News List, Top News, News Overview)
• Static Blog Content Widget
• Static Wiki Content Widget
• Activities Todos
• My Activities
• My Bookmarks
• My Communities
• My Files
• Upload Files
• Colleague Profile
• My Profile
• My Wiki
• My Events

9. Navigation Personalization
Display different Navigations to different users

10. News Personalization
Available for
News (Single)
News Channel
News List
Top News
News Overview

11. Events Personalization
Personalization
Display events from relevant
community according to
individual profile attributes
Aggregation
Show up to ten Calendars in
one
Colorize single Calendars

12. IBM Connections Communities Web Content Management Extension Page(s)
Internal Communications Community
(-> Communications Department and Management)
Business Unit 1 Community
(All BU 1 Employees)
BU 1 Sub Community
(-> BU 1 Management)
Business Unit 2 Community
(All BU 2 Employees)
BU 2 Sub Community
(-> BU 2 Management)
Service Unit I Community
(All SU A Employees)
SU I Sub Community
(-> SU II Management)
Service Unit II Community
(All SU B Employees)
SU II Sub Community
(-> SU II Management)
Region A Community
(All Region A Employees)
Region A Sub Community
(-> Region A Management)
Region B Community
(All Region B Employees)
Region B Sub Community
(-> Region B Management)
Navigation with Drop-Down Menu
Links
(personalized,
aggregated)
My Business Unit
News
(personalized)
My Regional News
(personalized)
Clipping Widget
(e.g. Stock Quote)
My Events
(personalized, aggregated)
Weather Widget
Static Content
(e.g. Hotline)
Top News
Service Unit News
HR News
Marketing News
My Communities
(CNX Widget)
Personalized XCC Page

13. XCC User Experience
http://youtu.be/Fg-eh1zHg6Q
In the video:
Intranet Homepage
Personalization
Landing Pages for
Business and Service Units
Sample Widgets

14. Summary
XCC can be highly personalized
Personalization can be active, passive or hybrid
Personalization is very comprehensive and includes
homepage, navigation and content
Personalization is ideal for multi-lingual, multi-national
companies and for company groups
XCC Content Masters can personalize XCC pages without
technical knowledge or help
XCC Personalization does not require programming and
is very cost efficient

15. Thank you for your interest
xcc@timetoact.de
+49 221 97343 0
http://connections-apps.com/xcc
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