Custom users profile property in MOSS 2007

This article shows step by step method to create Custom users profile property in MOSS developers.

Introduction

Most of the times you need to add custom user properties in MOSS 2007 during implemetation of sharepoint in companies. Here I do have step by step property addition tutorial for MOSS developers.

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Here are some steps for adding user profile property.

• Go to Shared Services Administration --> SharedService1
  
  
  
• Under User Profiles and My Sites click on User profiles and properties
  
  
  
• Click on Add Profile Property
  
  
  
• Enter property name, description & display name
  
• In policy settings set the default privacy setting as per your choice like My Manager, MyWorkGroup, Everyone etc.
  
  Here I am going to select [Only Me]
  
  
  
• In Property Import Mapping you can map this property to Active Directory property as well.
  
  Here I am not going to map it.
  
  
  
• Now click come back to User profile and properties and click View User Profile
  
  
  
• Select preferred name
  
  
  
• Here I am going to put [Tariq Younas] in search
  
  
  
• Click on it and press Edit
  
  
  
  My profile is open as you can view my AccountName
  
  
  
  Here state is now appeared & it is allowing to show [Only ME]
  
  
  
  Now I am putting and going to Save and close
  
  
  
• As I entered in State Filed
  
  
  
• Now Save and close
  
  

Now your User Profile Property has been added.