Custom users profile property in MOSS 2007

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.