WebCenter Spaces (PS2) - Surfacing User Profile Attributes

I'm a relative 'newbie' to WebCenter Spaces. We have PS2 (Bundle 3) installed, configured and running. I believe I have thoroughly examined the WebCenter Spaces 11g User Guide and tried various EL techniques to no avail, but I cannot determine if and how to surface the attributes contained in a user's profile. For example, can I put a user's profile photo on a group space page using the Image Layout Component? Can I surface a user's email address in a group space page using the Text Layout Component. I see that these attributes for example are used in various OOTB task flows, but I'm wondering if and how they can be used dynamically in other components specified at design in Composer.
Hope this makes sense. Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated.

Hi,
I am not quite sure if this is what you want by I managed to expose the user's email by:
*1)* Entering composer mode for a page
*2)* Clicking "Add Content"
*3)* Searching for and adding a "HTML Markup" component
*4)* Clicking the "Edit" (spanner) icon for the HTML Markup component
*5)* Entering the following for the "Value" field:
+#{webCenterProfile[securityContext.userName].businessEmail}+
I hope this helps
EDIT: The way I found this was by clicking the little 'down carrot' next to any field on the edit menu of a component, then selecting "Expresion Builder". From the subsequent popup, you can choose "User Info" from the "Choose a value" drop down, then select the relevant user property in the second drop down, this will populate the text field underneath with the appropriate EL expression
Edited by: Scott Robertson on 03-Mar-2011 19:46

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