:rewind: User Guide >> 5. Configuration >> 5.7 How to manage User Profiles :arrow_backward: 5.6 How to configure Categories

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User profiles are used to define the information to be visualised, profiles define the allowed projects, strategic indicators, accessible views and default visualization for views with several options.

The user profile management is available in the Configuration menu, Profiles option.

New Profile

The New Profile button allows to create a new user profile. The view guides the user through the needed steps (fields including a asterisk are mandatory).

• Quality Level: Each option specify the level or levels of the Quality Model visible through the dashboard.
• Allowed Projects: Projects that are allowed to visualise. In order to select the allowed projects, the user should click on the button with edit icon (pencil). The allowed projects should be selected from the Available Projects column and moved to the Allowed Projects column.

• Allowed Strategic Indicators: Strategic indicators, defined for the concrete project, that are allowed ot visualise. In order to select the strategic indicators, first the user should select one project from Allowed Projects column, then she/he should click on the corresponding button with edit icon (pencil). In the same way as for the projects, the user can specify concreteallowed strategic indicators (by default all strategic indicators are allowed).

The following options of Step 3 depend of previously selected Quality Level, for All level the user is available to select a default visualization for every one of next options. In case of Factors & Metrics level, it's possible to define Detailed Factors view. Finally, for Metrics level all options are disabled.

• Detailed Strategic Indicators view: Each option specifies one of possible visualizations (Radar, Stacked Bar or Polar chart) for Detailed Strategic Indicators view, that can be selected as default.
• Detailed Factors view: Each option specifies one of possible visualizations (Radar, Stacked Bar or Polar chart) for Detailed Factors view, that can be selected as default.
• Quality Model view: Each option specifies one of possible visualizations (Graph or Sunburst chart) for Quality Model view, that can be selected as default.

Finally the user must click on the Save Profile button in order to save the new user profile in the system.

Edit Profile

In order to modify a profile, the user should select the profile from list (on the left), and use the Save Profile button (at the bottom) to persist the changes.

Delete Profile

In order to delete a concrete profile, the user should select the profile from the list (on the left), and use the Delete Profile button (at the bottom). After that you have to confirm your action, if you accept so this profile will be deleted from data base and you won't be able to use it on dashboard.