Adding a Profile Definition to a Profile Definition

You can add a profile definition to a profile definition. You can define a property in a profile definition as a profile, and then reference a profile definition to the property. For example, you can connect address information to the User object profile definition by adding a property to the User object profile definition called "Address," defining the Address property as a profile with the Type attribute, and then selecting the Address profile definition as the Type Reference of the Address property. You map the new Address property to a data member of type string, which will store the name of the instance of the profile containing the address of the user. You can use this procedure to connect several addresses to the User object profile definition. For example, you can create a billing address property and a shipping address property, both of which use the Address profile definition to gather address information for the user.

In this example, the value of the address property in the user profile is the name of the address profile containing the address for the user. The system administrator can use the address property in the user profile to present the address for the user with the profile information for the user.

To add a profile definition to a profile definition

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

   Note

   • If the property is not visible in the Properties list, expand the property group that contains the property you want to add the profile definition to, and then select the property.
4. In the Attributes section, select Profile from the Type drop-down list.
   
   
5. In the Type Reference box, click the ellipse button [...] to open the Profile Selection dialog box.
   
   
6. In the Profile Selection dialog box, in the Select a Profile list, expand the Profile Catalog, and then select the profile definition you want to add to the property.
   
   
7. Click OK.
   
   
8. To save the edited property and return to the Profiles screen, click Apply, and then click on the toolbar.

The edited profile definition is saved.

See Also

Profile Designer

Adding Properties to a Profile Definition

Editing Profile Properties