Conditional Tags

[LNT1]

With the conditional tags, is it possible to display certain information based on who is accessing the file?

For example, some of our help procedures are different depending on the region - MAR, ON, and WEST. If a staff member is located in the West region, then they do not need to filter through all of the Maritimes and Ontario information to get their own. Is it possible to determine who is accessing the help system (username and id, similar to when we sign on to the intranet) and then generate the material for the user?

Or set up links to the data - for example, can we create one large document and have three links at the top. If the user selects ON then the Ontario information is displayed and the Maritimes and West information is hidden. This approach would eliminate the need for a username and id.

Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Lisa

[Aaron_Liber]

I would think that by creating 3 outputs (each with the same home page) you can easily create the 2nd option.

[LNT1]

Thanks - I'll give it a try!

[Chet Zeshonski]

As the technical writer, you need to create three outputs. It's up to the programmers to provide separate links or a dynamic link that changes based on the user's properties. (For example, my company's Internet-based software picks up on the user's type at login, and the Help link loks the same for our two sets of users, but it links to a different WebHelp Pro project for each set of users.)