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Where can I find the version I am using?

As an user:

Ask your administrator for the version of Linchpin User Profiles App.

As an administrator:

You find the version number in the administration section (Administration > Manage add-ons > Linchpin User Profiles)

Key Features

Let your Confluence users create a meaningful profile and build your expert network and people directory. This way your employees can get to know each other effortlessly and work together more efficiently.

Upload and crop your avatar and profile picture and limit the size of user profile pictures to take the load off your server.

Display org charts in the respective profile.

Fill in a user's profile either from a user directory or by the user themselves in Confluence. So you can have directory users and "Confluence-only" users at the same time. When an LDAP attribute is configured for a profile field and the user exists in the directory, the user is not allowed to edit the profile field within Confluence.

Add a separate user directory to complete your user profiles. Your Confluence user directory will not be affected, only LUP will pull from it.

Use the extended customizable user search, complete with customizable and filterable presentation of the search results. Allows you to easily build customized searches: Expert Finder, Specific Contact Search, and many more.

Mark your favorite contacts for quick access to all important contact details and group your favorite contacts.

Link profile categories to Confluence user groups to ensure that every user sees only relevant categories.

Import user data via XML, and you can also import your users' data via an XML file on your Confluence server.

Configure text fields and the profile picture to be written back into the user directory.

Direct links to your XMPP-based messenger.

Skype For Business presence status: Let your users know if their contacts are reachable via Skype. Please note: There are technical prerequisites you should check.

Installation & Licensing

The Linchpin User Profiles plugin is a type two app, please follow the installation instructions as given by Atlassian: Installation steps via Universal Plugin Manager

Log into your Confluence instance as an administrator.
Click the admin dropdown and choose Atlassian Marketplace. The Find new apps screen loads.
Locate Linchpin User Profiles via search. The appropriate app version appears in the search results.
Click Try free to begin a new trial or Buy now to purchase a license for Linchpin User Profiles. You'll be prompted to log into MyAtlassian if you're logged out. Linchpin User Profiles begins to download.
Enter your information and click Generate license when redirected to MyAtlassian.
Click Apply license. If you're using an older version of UPM, you can copy and paste the license into your Confluence instance.

Technical Information

In Linchpin User Profiles 2.10 we improved the search backend and switched completely to a CQL based search. To benefit from this immediately after the upgrade to 2.10 it is necessary to rebuild the index completely. You can trigger this by yourself, please consider that this may take some time.
Alternatively you can skip that since the index will progressively update itself. Then the full featured Linchpin User Profiles search will improve progressively as well.

Please be aware that downgrading from this version may result in unwanted side effects. Only experienced administrators should consider this step.