BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Personalizing data with profile targets

Profile targets describe how a profile will be applied to a publication by linking the profile to an object within a universe that can be filtered to provide personalization. You can also link a profile to a variable within a report when creating a publication. For more information, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Publisher guide.

In the Central Management Console, you can choose profile targets for a profile from the Profiles management area. You can then choose the appropriate universe and specify the class and object that you want to use to provide a personal view of the document.

Profile targets are especially useful when you want to personalize the data for all users. Profile targets specify a subset of the data on the object level. If you want to personalize content for each individual, you need to specify values for each user or group on the Profile Values tab. For more information, see Personalizing data for users and groups.

Note:    You can also assign profile targets in the Publisher. For more information, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise Publisher guide.

To specify a profile target for the profile

1. Go to the Profiles management area of the CMC, and click the profile you want.
2. Click the Profile Targets tab.
3. Click New.
4. Choose the universe that you want the profile to be associated with.

Tip:    If there are many folders on your system, you can use the drop-down list and the Show Subfolders button to browse the folder hierarchy.

5. To display only data from a specific object value, provide its class name in the Class Name text box.

Note:    The field is case-sensitive.

6. In the Object Name text box, type the value that you want.

Note:    The value is case-sensitive.

7. Click OK.