Teams or people are at the core of every project and goal. The people content type is great for putting a face to the name on team and project pages or to understand how teams are structured in your organization.
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Configuring the people views
While in the start screen of the Content Viz macro choose People. You will be forwarded to the macro configuration specifically designed for people. The sidebar on the left enables you to apply filters or manually select pages. Based on your configuration you will be receiving a live preview on the right.
Views
The pages content type supports three views:
Card
This view type is specifically designed to gain your audiences' attention and is popular on space dashboards or general overview pages. All pages will be displayed in a card layout and be sorted chronologically.
Each card contains metadata about the blog post:
Profile picture
User name
List
The list view is recommended when you want to offer your users a helpful collection of pages that are view promotes the visibility of your blog posts without taking too much space.
Reporting lines
This view type enables you to visualize how people are structured in your organization.
This view type does not support dynamic configuration, hence all users must be entered manually.
You can add and remove people from your organizational chart by entering their names in the left sidebar. After adding users will appear in the chart. By dragging and dropping them with your mouse you can rearrange them between different levels.
Depending on the view type you select the left sidebar offers you more or less options.
Layout
This option is only available when selecting the Card view.
There are several column layouts available. After choosing a layout, you can easily switch between the options.
Dynamic and manual selection
Depending on your use case you can choose to display content dynamically or manually. In the people content type the Manual option is selected. The Manual option allows you to cherry-pick from a list of already existing blog posts.
The Dynamic option enables you to display all members of user groups.
Pagination
To further limit the displayed results when using the Dynamic option you can specify how many pages should be displayed in the macro.
Additionally, you can choose to paginate the results in three ways:
Load more button: A button that enables users to load more content is displayed below your pages.
Disabled: Users cannot load older pages.
Options for manual configuration
When selecting the manual option the filters in the left sidebar are substituted with a user picker. By clicking on the input field you can search for existing Confluence user.
Selected users will appear below the input field in the left sidebar. Additionally, they are displayed on in the preview area based on your selected view. You can add infinite users manually and remove them from your preview by hovering on them in the left sidebar. You can also re-order them at any time.
Options for dynamic configuration
Group(s)
Specify the group name. Specify multiple groups separated by a comma, or use * to show all users in Confluence.