People and Teams

Before you can add people to a teamspace, your FileNet P8 platform installation must be complete. The TCM application integrates with the enterprise directory service (LDAP, for example) configured for the FileNet P8 platform.

You can add or remove members from the teamspace at any time through the People & Teams tab. Once a user has been added to a teamspace, teamspace members with appropriate access rights can edit a member or guest's information using the edit member or edit guest actions. To facilitate administrative functions, such as adding or removing members, each teamspace should always include one or more members with an administrative role (such as the teamspace administrator role, provided by default and initially assigned to the teamspace creator).

IMPORTANT: LDAP user information changes are not reflected in existing Member objects. Only Member objects created after an LDAP user information change will contain the modified information. If, for example, an employee's name changes due to marriage and the employee's name is changed in the LDAP directory, the change will not automatically be reflected in the employee's TCM Member object.

Only teamspace members can update objects within the teamspace. Note that the security configured for any specific teamspace member role may further limit what a member can do within the teamspace, and what objects they can modify. See the topics related to Security and roles for more information on membership roles and guest roles within a teamspace.

Within a teamspace, it can be useful to group the members into teams, especially if there are many members. This helps others in the teamspace identify which members share similar job functions or work areas. Also, if you group teamspace members into teams, it is easier to add them to polls and other teamspace activities. For example, when you select participants for a poll, you can select a team to add all of the team's members at once.

See People & Teams tab for specific procedures.