People module overview
The People module lists every user added to a site, grouped by organisation - along with contact information about each user. The users can be filtered by their names with the
Search people
field, filtered by their organisation using the drop-down menu next to the search box, and exported via Export
. If following has been enabled on the instance, then a user can choose to follow (or stop following) another user on the site and send a private message to them:
Click
Send a message
to display the New message
screen:
Select
Send
to send the message.A site administrator determines whether or not to enable the People module and if enabled, the People module is available to all users. A site administrator also determines which fields and organisations are displayed. A name is a link to a user's profile page. The other fields; avatar, email address, office telephone, mobile phone, job title, department etc. are optional.
note
Please note that not every user will have filled out every field in their profile.
A site administrator may also decide to exclude users in certain organisations from appearing in the People module. (This exclusion can only be done at the organisation level, not at the individual user level.) By default, users in all organisations will be displayed.
note
If a site has been configured as a
Bidder site
, bidder users in one organisation cannot see bidders users from another organisation. Other restrictions on who is visible to a bidder user in the People module can be imposed.