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Cloning Base Type Profiles
To clone base type profiles in 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.
CentraSite provides the ability to clone the base type's profiles, and thus ensure that the base type's profiles apply to all instances of the (derived) sub type. In addition to cloning the base type's profiles, it is also possible to create, edit, and delete any number of attributes and profiles in a sub type, without affecting its base type definition.
When the Inherit base type profiles check box is not already enabled in the Edit Asset Type - Advanced Settings dialog box of a sub type, CentraSite presents the Clone Base Type Profiles dialog box that prompts for cloning the base type profiles. After confirming the cloning functionality, the appropriate base type profiles is cloned in the sub type definition.
The Clone Base Type Profiles functionality lets you make a copy of the base type profiles in the sub type, and save it to the user defined profiles to enable certain permissions (view, modify, and delete) for one or more users on an instance of the particular type.
In addition, the profile cloning functionality enables you to customize the predefined profiles that are shipped with the base type.
*To clone base type profiles in sub types
1. In CentraSite Control, go to Administration > Types.
2. In the Types tab, right-click a (sub) type whose base type profiles you want to inherit, and then click Details.
3. In the Asset Type Details page, click the Edit button.
This opens the Edit Asset Type wizard.
4. In panel 1 of the Edit Asset Type wizard, click Advanced Settings.
5. In the Edit Asset Type - Advanced Settings dialog box, clear the Inherit base type profiles check box.
6. Click OK to leave the Edit Asset Type - Advanced Settings dialog box.
7. In the Clone Base Type Profiles dialog box, click Yes to make a copy of the base type profiles in the sub type.
8. Click Finish to save the updated type definition.
After you have cloned the base type profiles in the sub type, you can customize the cloned profiles and its attributes as required.