Software AG Products 10.5 | Using CentraSite | Type Management | Managing Types through CentraSite Business UI | Adding Profile to an Asset Type
 
Adding Profile to an Asset Type
Pre-requisites:
To add a user-defined profile to the asset 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 define custom profiles for logical grouping of attributes in a type definition.
You add a custom profile to the type definition in two ways:
*Using the available attributes in an asset type. 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 an asset type
1. In the CentraSite Business UI activity bar, click Asset Types.
A list of defined asset types is displayed in the Asset Types page.
2. Click the asset type to that you want to add a profile.
The Asset Type details page is displayed. Also, the Actions bar displays a set of actions that are available for working with the displayed type.
3. On the actions bar of the Asset Type details page, click Add Profile.
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 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.
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 this check box is selected, CentraSite renders an additional input field Profile Implementation Archive.
Profile Implementation Archive
Click Choose to browse and select an 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 Business UI, see CentraSite Developer’s Guide.
5. Click OK.
The user-defined profile is added to the type.