Configuring Corporate Policies for Jive

Content from SharePoint can be configured to be "surfaced" (or shown) in Jive by configuring socialization Activity Streams. An Activity Stream is an RSS-style feed that can be established as a link between SharePoint and Jive. The Activity Stream provides awareness to the consumer (in this case the Jive application) of new or modified content. This content is generally in the form of documents from SharePoint that can be previewed, reviewed, and rated by an established (or new) Jive community.

Note: Corporate policies only apply for streams from SP to Jive. Content requested through the widgets, or the list macro are not subject to the corporate policies.

There are four layers of control regarding socialization of content between SharePoint and Jive. This section will describe the top-most Administrative layer. The others layers are represented by the following bullet points and referenced document sections.

Administrative Level. See information about corporate policies for Jive below.
Site Level. For more information, see Jive Socialization Settings
List Item Level. For more, see Using the Document Menu Items
"Copy To Jive" Workflow. For more, see Using the Copy To Jive Workflow

The Administrative Level allows a SharePoint administrator the ability to turn on/off socialization and to control how Activity Streams can be used (or not used).

Note: People will be able to perform a Copy To Jive action -- regardless of the Corporate Policy settings -- as long as they have write access in the Jive place they're choosing as the destination. In other words, read access in SharePoint is all that's needed to perform a Copy To.

To Configure Corporate Policies for Jive

Open SharePoint Central Administration.
Locate the Jive Administration section:
In SharePoint 2007
- Central Administration > Operations > Jive Administration.
In SharePoint 2010
- Central Administration > Application Management > Jive Administration.
Under Jive Administration, click Corporate Policies for Jive.

Review the following screen shot and details below the screen shot to learn more about the available policy options.

Corporate Policy for Jive Fields
Field Name	Field Description
Allow Jive Activity Streams from SharePoint?	Primary checkbox "toggle" used to turn Activity Streams On or Off at a global level.
Jive Places	Specific types of Jive places that can be targeted for socialization of SharePoint content.
Activities	Specify whether to "surface" new SharePoint items, updated SharePoint items, or both in Jive.
SharePoint Sites	Filter for SharePoint sites that can (or cannot) be used to stream or "surface" content to Jive.
File Extensions	Filter for document file extensions that can (or cannot) be used to stream or "surface" content to Jive.
Content Types	Filter for SharePoint "content types" that can (or cannot) be used to stream or "surface" content to Jive (see screen shot below).
User Settings	Filter for specific SharePoint users that cannot stream or "surface" content to Jive.

Note: Site Content Types are a powerful concept in SharePoint for organizing metadata/content. The following screen is an example of a custom Jive content type. The screen below "Site Content Type Gallery" shows the effect of applying the Corporate Policy with the "SOX" Site Content Type.

Example of a SharePoint document library in a SharePoint site configured for socialization with Jive.

Note: Notice the initial icons to the left of each document.

The green Jive icon represents that the Activity Stream is active and enabled for the item.
The grayed out Jive icon represents that the Activity Stream has been disabled for the item (changed via the drop down menu for each item).
The Jive icon with the red line crossed through it represents that the Activity Stream has been blocked for the item. This is facilitated through the Administrative level as a Corporate Policy. For the "blocked" items above, the documents were created with a SOX SharePoint content type. Policy has been configured to "block" all documents based on this content type.

Click OK.