Higher Logic Online Communities can be integrated with the AMS to allow your members and constituents to engage virtually. Data from the AMS is automatically transferred to your community, creating profiles and putting people into groups to personalize their experience in your community.
The integration as two main parts:
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Profiles and Groups
SSO allows community members to login once and access multiple sites. To access the community, members use the same credentials and login page they use to login to your website. If they are already logged into your website, they will not be asked to authenticate again. This creates a more seamless experience for your members. Once logged in, a members information is updated so they receive an experience that is current with their information in the AMS.
Member Profiles in Higher Logic Communities have standard demographic fields, like name and address, that are transferred via the integration, and other, Custom Demographics, can also be included for profiles. Security Groups (which are used to grant access in your community's CMS) and Community Groups (discussions that members are automatically subscribed) are also included in the integration. The particular fields and logic are built based on the needs of your organization.
The profile information is synced when a member logs in, and on a nightly basis so that a member's profile is up-to-date, even if they have not logged into the community recently.
When implementing a Higher Logic Community, Higher Logic will provide a Technical Worksheet for your organization to complete. When it has been completed, please provide it to support so the integration can be configured appropriately. Setting up your integration will take several hours of billable work, depending on how complex your need are.