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The Leaderboard component provides the ability to obtain a sense of how members are interacting within the community by ranking members according to points earned (basic scoring) or their expertise (advanced scoring).
Prior to including the leaderboard component on a page, it is necessary to configure Communities Scoring and Badges.
This section of the documentation describes
- adding the Leaderboard component to a community site
- configuration settings for the Leaderboard component
To add a Leaderboard component to a page in author mode, locate the component
- Communities / Leaderboard
and drag it into place on a page.
For necessary information, visit Communities Components Basics.

Select the placed Leaderboard component to access and select the Configure icon which opens the edit dialog.


- Display Name
A descriptive name to display for the board, reflecting the rules selected for displaying badges and scores.
Default is Leaderboard, if nothing entered. - Badge
If checked, a column for badge icons is included in the leaderboard.
Default is unchecked. - Badge Name
If checked, a column for the badge name is included in the leaderboard.
Default is unchecked. - Use Avatar
If checked, the member's avatar image is included in the leaderboard, next to their name link to their member profile.
Default is unchecked.
- Rule Location
(required) Location where the Scoring / Badging rule is configured. - Scoring Rule
(required) Specific rule generating the scores to display. - Badging Rule
(required) Specific rule generating the badge to display. - Display LimitNumber of members to display per page.
Default is 10.
This leaderboard reports results from applying basic scoring rules.
Leaderboard component configuration :
- Settings tab :
- Display Name = Participation Board
- checked :
- Badge
- Badge Name
- Use Avatar
- Rules tab :
- Rule Location = /content/sites/communities/jcr:content
- Scoring Rule = /etc/community/scoring/rules/forums-scoring
- Badging Rule = /etc/community/badging/rules/reference-badging
- Display Limit = 10

This leaderboard reports results from applying advanced scoring rules.
Leaderboard component configuration :
- Settings tab :
- Display Name = Expertise Board
- checked :
- Badge
- Use Avatar
- Rules tab :
- Rule Location = /content/sites/communities/jcr:content
- Scoring Rule = /etc/community/scoring/rules/adv-forums-scoring
- Badging Rule = /etc/community/badging/rules/adv-forums-badging
- Display Limit = 10

More information may be found on the Leaderboard Essentials page for developers.
Instructions for creating rules are provided on the Communities Scoring and Badges page for administrators.