Configure Legacy Vitas - Administrators
Legacy Vitas in Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR, F180) are used by faculty to generate CVs. The standard CV is the default template which displays all sections created by the institution and its related activities. Additional Vita templates can be configured for multiple unit levels and can be built hierarchically. This article explains how to build a Vita using Legacy Vitas.
Scholarly Contribution and Presentation Citations in Vitas can display Web of Science (WoS) metrics such as times cited. These metrics only display scholarly works imported directly from WoS to FAR. Institutions with a Thomson Reuters campus license can contact their support representative to set up an integration with FAR. Once enabled, the Vita settings must be configured to display the WoS metrics in the Section Settings section.
Institutions can create multiple Vita templates using custom input sections from the Profile and Activity Input Forms. Additional templates can be customized for specific academic uses (annual, promotion, or tenure reviews) and units (college, department, discipline, and more).
Create New Vita Template
- Navigate to the Setup page and click Legacy Vitas under the Configuration section.
- Click the Add button and fill out the Add Configuration window that appears.
- Select the Add a new vita radio option and input the name of the vita in the Vita Label field.
- Complete the Configure Form. Check out the accordions below for further details about each section.
A. General Information
Section Description Display Name The name that will display on the Vita. Display Specify whether the Vita will display in a traditional, tabular, or listing format. Display Link to Attachments Specify if links to attachments within shared Vitas should be enabled or disabled.
Unit administrators can change the link behavior for individual sections by editing the appropriate sections.
Section Heading Format Specify if the section headings will have No Styling, All Caps, Bold, or Italics. Show Empty Sections Specify if sections that do not contain any data should display on Vitas. Hide Empty Groups Specify if the groups (or subsections) that do not contain any data should display. Hide Vita Name Specify if the Vita name should display on Vitas. Hide Activities Set "No" in “Publicly Displayed” Specify if activities excluded by faculty should be hidden.
Activities are hidden by selecting No.
Publicly displayed is an activity classification that is automatically turned on for all databases. To turn this off, please contact Interfolio.
B. Content
Section Type Configurable Dropdown Label Default X
Reorder Custom ✔
Custom Section Reorder Use the Reorder dropdown arrows to specify the order in which the Content sections should display in the Vita. It is also possible to choose not to display specific sections in the Vita.
Click the Pencil (Edit) icon next to the desired section to edit those Section Settings (vary by section). The table below contains information on Section Settings for custom sections.
Custom Section Action Details Change Display Style Specify the Display Style as Traditional, Traditional-Date, Tabular, or List. Show AC On Vita/Group Activities by Activity Classification (AC) Specify whether you want each AC to Show on Vita and if you'd like the entries in this section to Group by a specific AC. Select Activities Sort Order Specify the Default Activity Ordering row of a custom section.
If a Profile Form does not provide a start or end term the field are sorted by the first listed field, while the fields in an Activity Input Form are sorted based on the Start Term.
Change Attachment Display Settings for a specific section You can change the Display Link to Attachments setting to differ from the option selected at the template level. If Template is selected from the dropdown, this section will follow the option selected at the template level. - Click Save when finished.