2. Paul Papanek Stork
• Principal SharePoint Architect for BlueChip
Consulting Group
• http://www.bluechip-llc.com
• Contributing Author
• Developer’s Guide to WSS 3.0
• MOSS 2007 Best Practices
• Author
• MCTS: WSS 3.0 Configuration Study Guide (70-631)
• Pro SharePoint 2010 Development for Office 365
• Contact Information
• Email: Paul.Stork@bluechip-llc.com
• Blog: http://dontPaPanic.com/blog
• Twitter: @PStork
3. Agenda
• Tacit vs. Explicit Knowledge
• Problems Finding People with Tacit Knowledge
• Configuring People Search
• Managed Metadata Profile Fields
• Search Managed Properties
• Search Results
• Sync to other data sources
4. What is Tacit Knowledge?
“…the kind of knowledge that is difficult to
transfer to another person by means of
writing it down or verbalizing it.”
Wikipedia
A high percentage of what companies need to
be able to do business is dependent on Tacit
Knowledge.
5. Searching for Experts
How can I find the Experts in my company?
• Surface user information in Sites
• Site Membership Web Part
• Leverage user profile properties
• About Me
• Ask Me About
• Skills
• Past Projects
• Interests
6. People Search Problems
• Technical Issues
• No SPS3://MySiteAddress in the Search Content Source
• People data is not being crawled
• Content Access Account doesn’t have access User Profile Service
• Customizing Default Search Results Screen
• Data Issues
• Consistency of terms used to describe knowledge
• Difficulty getting users to populate content
7.
8. User Profile MMS Properties
2010 2013
• Ask me About • Ask me About
• Department • Department *
• Job Title • Job Title *
• Interests • Interests
• Proxy Addresses • Proxy Addresses
• Office Location • Office Location *
• Past Projects • Past Projects
• Skills • Skills
• Schools • Schools
• Followed #Tags
* Term Sets pre-created for these Properties in 2013
9. Managed Metadata Service
• Problem Without a Managed Metadata Service
• Problem Without Specific Termsets
• Solution: Create Termsets for each Profile Property
10.
11. Using Custom Properties in Search
1. Create a User Profile Property
2. Populate it in at least one Profile
3. Run a Search Crawl
4. Find the Property in Search Crawled Properties
5. Create a Managed Property that maps the Crawled
Property
6. Add the Managed Property to the Search Refiners
Web Part (Optional)
12. Creating Custom User Profile Properties
• Profile Property Types
User profile service data type AD DS data type
big integer Large Integer, Integer
binary Octet String, SID
boolean Boolean
date UTC Coded Time
date no year UTC Coded Time
date time UTC Coded Time
E-mail Unicode String, IA5-String, Case Insensitive String
float Unicode String
HTML Unicode String, IA5-String, Case Insensitive String
integer Integer
Person Distinguished Name
string (multi-value) Unicode String, IA5-String, Case Insensitive String
string (single-value) Unicode String, IA5-String, Case Insensitive String
time zone Integer
unique identifier Octet String, SID
URL Unicode String, IA5-String, Case Insensitive String
13.
14. How Do I Capture Tacit Knowledge?
• Users can edit their own profile
• Many Users won’t do this
• False Modesty is a Problem
• SharePoint can import from alternate sources
• Keep Track of previous Projects
• Import Certifications, Conferences, and Education from
reimbursement records
15.
16. Additional Resources
• Deploy People Search (SharePoint Server 2010) - Technet
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh582311(v=office.14).aspx
• Build a My Site profile to help people find you
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/build-a-my-
site-profile-to-help-people-find-you-HA102507597.aspx?CTT=1
17. Questions?
Please Fill Out Your Evals!!!
Paper in the Back of the room
- OR -
Use the Event Board “App”
Contact Information
Email: Paul.Stork@sharesquared.com
Blog: http://dontPaPanic.com/blog
Twitter: @PStork
Hinweis der Redaktion
Tacit knowledge has been defined as one’s personal, internal or interior knowledge as opposed to the external, physical knowledge that has been written down or recorded as an artifact. Studies show that the majority of the “Intellectual Capital” held by any organization is stored as tacit knowledge rather than physical knowledge. By leveraging SharePoint’s People Search and User Profiles, you can help other users find and gain access to all that hidden knowledge. But the first step to leveraging all that Intellectual Capital is to maximize the efficient recording, processing, and retrieval of information about what people in your organization know. In this class, we’ll examine how to leverage the Managed Metadata service to efficiently categorize the things that people in your organization know. We’ll discuss how and when to create custom user profile properties to record additional information and how to surface these properties in the People Search results page. We’ll also discuss ways to automate the collection of data from AD and other sources to provide a rich repository that reflects what your members/employees know. If you are struggling to find people in your organization who know what you need to know, then this class is for you.
Tacit knowledge has been defined as one’s personal, internal or interior knowledge as opposed to the external, physical knowledge that has been written down or recorded as an artifact. Studies show that the majority of the “Intellectual Capital” held by any organization is stored as tacit knowledge rather than physical knowledge. By leveraging SharePoint’s People Search and User Profiles, you can help other users find and gain access to all that hidden knowledge. But the first step to leveraging all that Intellectual Capital is to maximize the efficient recording, processing, and retrieval of information about what people in your organization know. In this class, we’ll examine how to leverage the Managed Metadata service to efficiently categorize the things that people in your organization know. We’ll discuss how and when to create custom user profile properties to record additional information and how to surface these properties in the People Search results page. We’ll also discuss ways to automate the collection of data from AD and other sources to provide a rich repository that reflects what your members/employees know. If you are struggling to find people in your organization who know what you need to know, then this class is for you.