You can define relationships between people. The relationships you define are optionally
visible in people's profiles. Using these relationships, people can stay on top of what
certain people in the community are doing, including their changes to content, status
messages, and so on.
Admin Console: People > Management > User Relationships
Although they're simple to use, user relationships require a little thought to manage
well. Be sure to read the overview on user relationships, How User
Relationships Work.
On the admin console's User Relationship Management page, you can view existing
relationships and create or retire (break) relationships. Here, a "relationship graph"
is the kind of relationship you're creating or retiring.
Viewing and Breaking Relationships
The page lists existing relationships. You can browse and filter the list to locate
the one you want to break.
- In the admin console, go to the User Relationship Management page.
- View the list of relationships at the bottom of the page. You can filter the
list to display only the relationships that include a particular person. To
do so, enter that person's username in the Filter by Username box, then
click the Filter button.
- To break a relationship, locate the relationship you want to break, then
click its Retire button.
Creating Relationships
The relationship graph dropdown will list the kinds of relationships your community
supports.
- In the admin console, go to the User Relationship Management page.
- Click the Relationship Graph dropdown and select the kind of relationship
you want to add.
- Enter the usernames of the people in the new relationship. If you can't
remember the username, click User Picker to browse and search a list of
users, selecting the check box next to the one you want.
- Click the Add button to create the relationship.
Note: If your community draws data about people from an external data source such as LDAP or
Active Directory server, then organizational relationships might already be
defined.