Copying a Profile Definition

You can copy an existing profile definition and save it under a new name.

Note

• If you copy an existing profile definition to create a new profile definition, you must delete the properties listed in the following table from your new profile definition. These properties are valid only within the profile definitions in which they were originally created.

  Existing profile definition	Property
  User Object	User catalog set
  Organization	Organization catalog set

If you want to use these properties in your new profile definitions, you can recreate them using the same profile attributes that were included in the profile definitions from which they were copied. For information about creating new properties, see Adding Properties to a Profile Definition.

To copy a profile definition

1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, expand Profiles, expand Profile Catalog, expand Profile Definitions, right-click the profile you want to copy, and then click Make a Copy of This Profile.
2. In the Copy Profile Definition dialog box, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Name	Type a programmatic name for the profile definition. The name can contain a maximum of 127 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces.
   Display Name	Type the name you want displayed for the profile definition. The display name can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.
   Description	Type a description for the profile definition. The description can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.

3. Click Next.
4. In the Custom Attributes dialog box, click New.
5. In the Custom Attribute dialog box, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Name	Type a programmatic name for the attribute. The name can contain a maximum of 127 alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) symbol. The name cannot contain spaces.
   Display Name	Type the name you want displayed for the attribute. The display name can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.
   Description	Type a description for the attribute. The description can contain a maximum of 127 Unicode characters.
   Value	Type the value of the attribute.

6. To save the profile definition, click OK.
7. To save the profile definition and return to Commerce Server Manager, click Finish.

The new profile definition is saved.

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