Workflow for Profiles

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The following figure illustrates the workflow for creating data sources and profile definitions.

Workflow for the Profiles resource

Add Properties
to a
Profile Definition

Add Site
Term

Add Profile
Definition

Add
Data Member

Add
Data Object

Create Data Source

Create Databases for User Data

  1. You create a new data source to expose databases and LDAP sources to the Profiles resource.

  2. You create a new data object to expose a database table (or an LDAP class) to the Profiles resource.

  3. You create new data members to expose columns in a database table (or attributes in an LDAP class) to the Profiles resource.

  4. You create a new profile definition that uses the data object to map to the database.

  5. You use the profile designer screen in the Profiles resource to add a new property to the profile definition and assign it a data member.

  6. You verify that your profile definitions map to existing data stores.

  7. You use the site terms editor screen in the Profiles resource to create a site term to restrict data input on your Web site.

  8. You use the profile designer screen to link a profile definition or a site term to a profile definition.


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