Adding a New Data Object in the Profiles Resource

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You use the Profiles resource to add a data object to a data source. You select the table in the database (or the class in the LDAP source) that contains the column where you want to store the data collected for a property in a profile definition.

Before you use the Profiles resource to create a data object, you must create a data source. The Profiles resource will not modify the underlying data store. You must make any changes directly to the database or to the LDAP store. In addition, you must include a data member that is a primary key for the data object.

To add a new data object

  1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Profiles, expand Profile Catalog, expand Data Sources, expand the data source to which you are adding a data object, right-click Data Objects, and then click New Data Object.
  2. In the New Data Object dialog box, do the following:
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    Object Name Select the data object from the drop-down list that is the name of a table or an LDAP class in the underlying data store.

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    You must include a data member that is a primary key for the data object with which to map profile properties before you create a new profile of that type.
    Display Name Type the name you want displayed for the data object. The display name can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.
    Description Type a description for the data object. The description can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.
  3. Click OK.

The data object is saved. You can add data members to it and you can use it to map a profile definition to a database column (or an LDAP class).

See Also

About the Profiles Resource

Creating a New Data Source in the Profiles Resource

Adding a New Data Member in the Profiles Resource

Managing Data Sources in the Profiles Resource

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