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Until now, the People Directory in Confluence only displayed the mandatory fields of a profile. You can now determine what the important information is for your company in the People Directory using the "custom mode". This means that all fields are shown which have been set by the global administration in "custom mode".
Macro "Profile List" configurable
Previously, all profiles that were displayed with Macro "Profiles List" showed the same information as the macro "Enhanced Profile" in the "minimal" mode. We have introduced two changes in version 1.8. The first is, you have the option of selecting the different profile fields which may be displayed. The second change concerns the view of the profiles on the wiki: you may choose the usual business card style, or a table. This gives you the opportunity to implement clear tables in wiki pages, such as a telephone or birthday lists.
Define order of Profile fields
Finally, administrators may now determine the order of profile fields. For easier implementation in choosing your own order, there are now only two areas: "Personal" and "Company". Of course, the mandatory fields are still in first place.
Simplified search for profile Information
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BUT PLEASE NOTE: this is case-sensitive!
REST API
And now there is great news for all developers: The User Profile Plugin has received a REST API! Concerning this feature, our architect and developer in the Atlassian team, Tino Winkler, has a few words to say:
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