You can add your own attributes and their values to profiles. The user attributes can then be used, for example, in profile filtering.
In this example, you will add a user attribute for I profiles’ rule.
- On the File menu, click to open the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
- On the User attributes tab, click Definitions.
The Modify Profile Properties dialog box appears.
- Click Add to add a new row.
- Select the row that was created and modify the properties as follows:
Set Profile type to I profiles.
Set Quantity type to String.
Set Property name to HISTORICAL_PROFILE.
Set Symbol to Hist.
Set Label to Historical profile.
- Click Update and OK.
- In the profile tree, select I profiles and then HEA.
- Right-click and select Add Next Level Rule.
- In the Profile manager rules dialog box, set the rule properties as follows:
Set Rule name to Historical profiles.
In Profile type , clear the All profiles check box and select the I profiles check box.
Enter HEA* in the Name filter string box.
Set User attribute to HISTORICAL_PROFILE and Equals , and enter Yes in the box next to the two other boxes.
- Click OK.
Historical profiles appears in the profile tree.
- Select the required historical profile, for example HEA120 , in the profile tree.
- Go to the User attributes tab and set Value of Historical profile to Yes.
- Click Update.
- Repeat the steps 10 and 11 for any other required profiles.
- Click OK to close the Modify Profile Catalog dialog box.
- Click OK in the Save confirmation dialog box to save the changes.
Next time you open the profile catalog, the profiles appear under Historical profiles in the profile tree.