CentraSite 10.3 | CentraSite User’s Guide | Type Management | Managing Types through CentraSite Control | Adding Profile to an Asset Type
 
Adding Profile to an Asset Type
You can define the custom profiles for logical grouping of attributes in the type definition by using the Add Profile dialog box in CentraSite Control.
To add a new profile to the type definition, you must have the Manage Asset Types permission.
Note:
By default, users with the CentraSite Administrator role and Asset Type Administrator role have this permission.
You can add a profile in two ways:
*Manually, using the asset type's available attributes. To define a profile manually, you select attributes from the list of available attributes and assign them to the profile.
*Using a Java plug-in that contains a computed profile. A computed profile is a user-defined profile that is implemented as a Java plug-in. You add the computed profile to the asset type by importing the computed profile's definition from an archive file. The plug-in specifies the attributes that are contained in the profile. The plug-in also has the sole responsibility for rendering the layout representation within the profile. After a computed profile has been defined for an asset type, the computed profile is treated in the same way as any other profile; for example, permissions for computed profiles can be granted in the same way as for standard profiles, and the ordering of profiles within a type definition is the same for computed profiles as for standard profiles.
*To add a profile to a new asset type
1. In CentraSite Control, go to Administration > Types.
2. In the Types tab, click Add Asset Type.
This opens the Add Asset Type wizard.
3. In panel 3 of the Add Asset Type wizard, click Add Profile.
This opens the Add Profile dialog box.
4. In the Add Profile dialog box, provide the required information for each of the displayed data fields.
Field
Description
Profile Name
Type a display name for the new profile.
This is the profile name that CentraSite displays in instances of this type in CentraSite Control and CentraSite Business UI. Ensure the display name is meaningful (for example, Technical Notes, not tn).
The display name can contain any combination of characters, including spaces. You can change an profile's display name at any time.
Computed Profile
Select the Computed Profile check box to add a computed profile, and then select the implementation language from the drop-down list box.
When you select this check box, in the Add Profile dialog box, the list of available attributes is replaced by the input field Profile Implementation Archive.
Profile Implementation Archive
Click Choose File to search for a particular archive file that contains the computed profile's definition, and upload the computed profile definition to CentraSite.
For information on how to implement a computed profile for CentraSite Control, see CentraSite Developer’s Guide.
5. Non-computed profile. To define the set of attributes that should be assigned to the new profile, and to rearrange the order of displaying the assigned attributes within the profile, select the attributes from the list shown in the box Available Attributes, then use the arrow buttons to copy, remove, and rearrange the attributes in the box Assigned Attributes. Click OK.