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Global Sharing Settings

Global sharing settings are used to establish a link with Cloud Commons. When the link is established, you can share and retrieve peer comparison data, which displays throughout the user interface, wherever comparison data is used.

Data about your company is used for some statistical calculations on Cloud Commons, but is kept confidential. Click the CA Privacy Notice in the Select Sharing Option area for more information.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Site Settings, Global Sharing on the Administration menu.

   The Global Sharing Settings dialog opens.

2. Enter the following information in the Demographic Information for Peer Comparison area:

   Industry

   Specifies your industry category. Select an industry name from the drop-down menu.

   Company Size

   Specifies your company size. Select a size range from the drop-down menu.

   Revenue

   Specifies the annual revenue of your company.

   Country

   Specifies the country for the main office of your company.

   ZIP/Postal Code

   Specifies the zip or postal code for the main office of your company.

3. Enter the following information in the API Key Registration area:

   Organization Name

   Specifies your organization name.

   Administrator Email Address

   Specifies the email address for the administrator for global sharing tasks.

   Verify Administrator Address

   Verifies the email address entered in the previous field.

4. Go to the Select Sharing Option area; review the agreement for global sharing; select one of the choices:

   Global Sharing: On

   Enables the global sharing option for your services. This choice enables you to flag individual services for sharing using the Service Action button on the Service Discovery and Management page.

   Global Sharing: Off

   Disables global sharing for your services. When global sharing is disabled, you do not have the option to share individual services on the Service Discovery and Management page.

5. Click Register for first registration, or Save to update changes.

   Your sharing settings are activated.