Creating New Profiles

You can create additional profiles for the software on your system with configurable profiles. Settings templates are provided for this purpose. The template is used to create a settings profile instance for the relevant software. You can start with a blank profile or you can clone an existing one if it is similar to the one you want to create, thus making the procedure easier to perform.

To create a new settings profile:

  1. On the Operations tab, expand Settings Management in the left navigation pane and click the Settings Templates link. Software with configurable profiles will be displayed in the content area on the right.
  2. In the DisplayName column, click the name of the software for which you want to create a new profile. A window opens that contains the following tabs:
  3. On the Profiles tab, click Create a New Profile on the toolbar in the Settings Profiles table. The Settings Profile Creation Wizard opens.

    Alternatively, you can check the box next to an existing profile that you want to copy and click Copy the Selected Profile. The Copy and Modify Settings Profile Wizard opens in this case. This wizard allows you to clone the selected existing profile. If you select to copy an existing profile, all fields, except for the profile Display Name, will be populated with the values contained in the selected existing profile.

  4. In either wizard, specify the following information:
  5. Click Next. The next page of the wizard opens which allows you to type properties specific to the particular software. In the case of copy, these fields will be pre-populated. Modify these fields as necessary.
  6. See the documentation for the given software to better understand the relevant property settings.
  7. Click Create or Copy depending on the wizard. The newly created profile is listed in the Settings Profiles table on the Profiles tab. The number of profiles in the Operations area is also updated to reflect the latest addition.


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