SharePoint 2010 Audiences will not Compile
August 2, 2010 Leave a comment
I have a big post coming pretty soon on the User Profile Synchronization Service (UPSS) within SharePoint 2010. In my opinion this is going to be a real sore point for Administrators with SharePoint 2010, which is a shame as the redesign has a lot of potential in the way it works.
Until then here is a small tidbit that I came across which is still User Profile Synchronization Service related. If you have this issue where when you create new audiences and they just will not compile, most likely this is being caused by the UPSS not being started.
Audiences
Number of Audiences 6
Uncompiled Audiences 5
Audience Compilation Status Idle
Audience Compilation Schedule Every day at 01:00 AM
Last Compilation Time Ended at 7/27/2010 1:01 AM
Whenever I clicked “Compile Audiences” I was met by no change what so ever, and no error message. I also noticed that no matter how many times I clicked compile the Last Compilation Time would not change at all.
A hunch told me to go have a look at the User Profile Synchronization Service, which was for an unknown reason stopped.
I restarted it (and crossed my fingers), then I went and grabbed a coffee, read War and Peace, and then 10 minutes later it was started and running normally.
I then hit Compile again and was greeted by the following – note the “Compiling” and “Started At”
Audiences
Number of Audiences 6
Uncompiled Audiences 5
Audience Compilation Status Compiling
Audience Compilation Schedule Every day at 01:00 AM
Last Compilation Time Started at 8/2/2010 2:27 PM
Less than a minute later this turned to a “Idle” and “Ended at”
Audiences
Number of Audiences 6
Uncompiled Audiences 0
Audience Compilation Status Idle
Audience Compilation Schedule Every day at 01:00 AM
Last Compilation Time Ended at 8/2/2010 2:28 PM
Everything is looking pretty good, but just in case I clicked on “Manage Audiences” to check there were no compilation errors :
And finally a quick screenshot showing what it should look like when it works, and also where all the relevant links are.
There will be a post coming fairly shortly detailing some of the difficulties I had with the User Profile Synchronization Service. Good Luck until then!
Mark Rhodes 