The Yammer integration gives users the ability to view and contribute to your organizations Yammer through your digital workplace.
Sections in this article:
Set up
- Place an
Integrations widget on a page, space, or dashboard. For more information, see Placing and setting up a widget.
- Select the placed widget's Edit button.
- Under Integration Library, select Igloo Integration Library.
- Select
Yammer from the library.
- Review and make changes to the settings on the Options and Appearance tabs. You can find details about the widget's settings in the Settings section below.
- In the widget editor, select Update to apply your changes.
- At the bottom of your page, space, or dashboard, select Publish or Save as Draft to save your changes.
Settings
| Setting | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Title |
Enter a title for the widget. The title appears as a heading above the widget's contents. You should use the title to provide context to the widget and better structure a page's content by clearly denoting different sections. When entering a title, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select This field can contain a maximum of 140 characters. |
| Title link |
Enter the URL of a location in your digital workplace. Users who click the widget's title, if it has one, will go to this location. Whether you enter the link as a relative URL or an absolute URL does not matter, it will convert to an absolute URL the next time you edit the widget. This field can contain a maximum of 2,083 characters. |
| Description |
Enter a description for the widget. The description appears between the title and the widget's contents. You can use this text to provide information to users about the widget. When entering a description, you do so only for your currently selected language. If your digital workplace supports multiple languages, you should select |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Default Feed Size | Enter the number of feed items to display. |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Default Feed ID |
If you want your widget to display a specific feed, enter its Feed ID. You can find the Feed ID in the URL of any feed in the Yammer interface. |
Appearance tab
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Class |
Enter CSS class selectors to provide additional styling to the widget. For more information, see Applying custom CSS to widgets. |
| Height |
Select the height of the widget. The default value is Auto (leftmost slider position) scales the widget's height to fit its contents. You can use the slider to set a fixed height between 50px to 600px in increments of 50px. Selecting a height less than what is needed to display its contents results in the widget having a vertical scrollbar. |
Note
Your digital workplace's theme overwrites many of the settings on the Appearance tab. However, the settings listed above are usable.
Using it
View
You can see what is posted in your Yammer feeds through the integration.
Post status updates
You can add new status updates through the widget. You can include text and @mentions in these updates.
Upload files
You can upload files from your computer into Yammer. These follow Yammer's restrictions.
Change Feed
There is a bar displaying the currently selected Feed. Clicking on it will open a listing of your other Feeds which you can select from. Any post made will share to that Feed.
Refresh feed
You can select the button in the lower-right corner of the post interface to update the feed with any changes that have happened since you last loaded the page or changed feeds.
Share posts
You can share posts to other feeds by selecting the share icon and picking another feed.
Like Posts
You can indicate that you like a post or comment by selecting the like icon. The number of likes earned is displayed as well.
Comment
You can leave a comment by selecting the comment field, entering text, and pressing Enter.
Additional Resources