eXo Platform 3.5

## Chapter 2. Work with Connections

To build your connections, you first need to hover your cursor over the display name on the Administration bar and select My Connections from the drop-down menu.

The Connections page appears.

This page consists of the following tabs:

- Everyone: lists users who have registered in the eXo Platform system.

- My Connections: lists users who have established connections with you. You can remove these connections by clicking Remove Connection.

- Requests Received: lists users who have sent you connection request. You can click Confirm to accept being as his/her contact or Ignore to refuse.

- Requests Sent: lists users to whom you have sent connection requests. You can also click Cancel Request to revoke your request.

Depending each accessed tab, you can perform different actions:

- Search for contacts.

- View profiles of contacts.

- Send connection requests.

- Revoke a connection request.

- Accept/Deny a connection request.

- Disconnect from your contacts.

## Search for contacts

This function allows you to find your desired contact quickly by searching by name, and/or searching by role (by position, and/or work skills), and searching by alphabets.

1. Select the relevant tab in which you want to do your search.

- To search across all users in eXo Platform, select the Everyone tab. Alternatively, you can hover your cursor over your display name and select Find Connections from the drop-down menu.

- To reduce the returned search results, select the appropriate tab before using the search box. For example, to search for contacts with whom you have established connections, you need to select the My Connections tab.

2. Select the search criteria:

- Search by name: Enter the contact name you want to search into the Search by Name field. When you type, the application automatically suggests contact names containing your entered letter. You just need to select one of suggested names from the drop-down list.

- Search by role: Enter the position, and/or skills of the contacts you want to search for.

- Search by alphabets. See details in the Search by alphabets section. (If you search by this criteria, skip Step 3).

3. Hit the Enter key, or click Search to find your desired contacts. The results will be listed in the People Found pane.

### Note

- When searching by alphabets, only contacts whose last names start with the search letter are listed in the Connections Found pane.

- The search results are also ordered by the last name.

## View profiles of other contacts

To view the profile of a contact, simply click the contact name. You will be directed to his/her profile.

From his/her profile, you can see all his/her activities and connections.

- To see his/her activities, click Activity Stream on the left pane.

- To see his/her connections, click My Connections on the left pane.

- To return his/her profile page, click My Profile on the left pane.

### Note

Regardless of being an administrator, you do not have right to edit profiles of other contacts.

## Send connection requests

After specifying your desired contact, you can send a connection request via one of two ways.

The first way

Click Connect to send your connection request.

The second way

Access the profile page of the contact to whom you want to send a connection request, then click Invite to connect at the right corner of the profile page.

### Note

If you follow the first way, the Connect text will become Cancel Request. Meanwhile, if you follow the second way, the Invite to connect text will be turned into Revoke.

## Revoke a connection request

After sending connection requests to other users, you still can remove the requests by selecting the Requests Sent tab and do one of two following ways.

The first way

Click Cancel Request to revoke the connection request.

The second way

Access the profile page of the contact to whom you sent a connection request, then click Revoke at the right corner of the profile page.

## Accept/Deny a connection request

You can perform these actions via one of the following way:

The first way

Select the Requests Received tab to see the list of all connection requests sent to you

- Click Confirm to accept the request.

- Click Ignore to deny the request.

The second way

1. Access the Intranet homepage to see the list of all connection requests sent to you in My Invitations on the left pane.

2. Click the contact name in the list to go his/her profile page.

- Select Connect to accept the request.

- Click Deny to deny the request.

## Disconnect from your contacts

In the My Connections or Everyone tab, you can remove the connections between you and the users who are as your contacts via one of two following ways.

The first way

Click Remove Connection to remove your established connection.

The second way

Accessing the profile page of the contact who is your connection, then click the Disconnect link at the right corner of the profile page.

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