Working with geographic location profiles in Sametime Connect

The following information about geographic location profiles applies to IBM^® Lotus^® Sametime^® Connect 7.5 - 8.0.2. In addition, geographic location profiles in Lotus Sametime Connect are not the same as location settings or profiles in IBM Lotus Notes^®.

When you set up one or more geographic location profiles, your colleagues can see where you are physically located and how to reach you. This information displays whenever they hover the mouse over your name on their contact list or engage in an on-line chat with you.   You can also choose not to share location information with others.

Here is an example of geographic location information displayed in the Sametime business card:

You can specify a geographic location profile for each location that Sametime detects. For example, you can set up one profile for your New York office and one for your London office. When you are sitting in your New York office, others see your New York office profile. When you are in your London office, they see your London profile. Optionally, you can set up geographic location preferences so that you are alerted whenever you are in a new location for which you have not yet entered a location profile.

NOTE: You can edit a profile and apply your changes to the current profile, but you can't apply a different location  profile to the current location.  For example, if I am working from home and I'm showing everyone my home profile, I can't select my office profile and apply it to my current location.

Creating  geographic location profiles

You can create a geographic location profile for each physical location. None of the fields for a profile are required, but the more information you provide, the more informative your profile is.

Note: Sametime prompts you to enter a new profile whenever you log in for the first time.

1. Follow these steps to create a new profile:
2. Click File > Preferences and then click Geographic Location in the navigator. Your current location is indicated by the label (Current) next to the profile name in the list of location profiles.
3. Select Share my location information with others so that when other users hover the mouse over your name or chat with you, this location information appears.
4. For Personal location, enter a description of where you are located, for example, "Atlas Company Office" or "Home Office"
   Complete the remaining fields, as appropriate.
5. Select or clear Do not show the alert for editing location settings at location change again to indicate whether you want to be alerted to change your location profile whenever you are in a new location.
6. Click Apply.

Click OK.

Changing your current geographic location profile

Follow these steps to update the information in your current profile.  You cannot select another location profile that you have and make it your current location profile.

1. Click File > Preferences and then click Geographic Location in the navigator.
2. Click your current profile, the profile with the label (Current) in the list of profiles.
3. Update the information you want to change.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click OK.

Editing geographic location profiles

You can modify the information you have specified for any of your geographic location profiles, including your current geographic location profile.

NOTE: To change your current geographic location profile, update the information for that profile only. You cannot select another location profile that you have and use it as your current location profile.

1. Click File > Preferences and then click Geographic Location in the navigator.
2. Click the profile you want to modify.
3. Update the information you want to change.
4. Click Apply.
5. Click OK.