CentraSite Eclipse GUI offers you the possibility to add computed profiles into asset type definitions. In a computed profile, you can implement your own algorithms for calculating the values you wish to represent. You can, for example, aggregate or compute attribute information from embedded or linked objects.

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.

If the computed profile has been implemented to be used without user interfaces, it will be available both in CentraSite Control and in Eclipse. If the computed profile is to be used with user interfaces, it must be implemented separately for CentraSite Control and for the CentraSite Eclipse GUI.