Adding a Property Group to a Profile Definition

You use the Profile Designer module to add property groups to profile definitions. You use property groups to organize profile properties in the Profile Designer. For example, you add 50 properties to the User object profile definition to gather data about the product preferences, lifestyles, and current event opinions of the users who visit your Web site. You can create property groups, such as Product, Lifestyle, and Opinions to organize the properties so that they are easy to find in the Properties list in the Profile Designer screen.

Property groups appear in the Properties list in the Profile Designer screen with a directional arrow to the left of the group name. You click the directional arrow to expand the list of properties.

To add a new property group

1. In Users, click Profile Designer.
   
   
2. In the Profiles screen, select the profile definition to which you want to add a new property group, and then click on the toolbar.
   
   
3. In the Profile screen, in the Properties list, select the group to which you want to add a new property group, and then click Add.

   Note

   • If you want to create a property group that does not belong to an existing group, do not select an existing group before you click Add.
4. In the Add dialog box, select the Add a new group option, and then click Yes.
   
   
5. In the Attributes section, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Name	Type a programmatic name for the new property group. The name can contain a maximum of 128 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces
   Display name	Type a display name for the new property group. The display name can contain a maximum of 128 characters.
   Description	Type a description for the new property group.

   
   
6. To save the profile defintion and return to the Profiles screen, click Apply and then click on the toolbar.

The profile definition is saved with the new property group. You can now move existing properties into the new group, or create new properties inside the new group. After you add a profile definition to a group, you must publish the changes on your Web site. For information about publishing your changes, see Publishing Profile Definition Changes on Your Web Site.

See Also

About Users

Adding Properties to a Profile Definition

Editing Profile Properties