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| title | since Metadata version 3.0.4 |
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| title | since User Profiles version 2.1 |
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If the Metadata and User Profiles add-ons are both installed, it is possible to use existing single- and multi-select user profile elements for metadata fields. This for example allows you to create a multi-select profile element "location" holding all the locations of your company and reuse it in a metadata field which defines for which locations the information on a page is relevant. When adding a new location you only have to do it in the user profile element. It will be automatically available as value for the metadata field. To create such a metadata field choose "User Profile Element" as type. Afterwards, select one of the suggested single- and multi-select user profile elements. If you don't see any suggestion you will have to add a user profile element first. The created metadata field can be used in metadata sets like any other field. When assigning a value to it you will be presented with the options of the user profile element. If the user profile element is single-select, the metadata field will be single-select too. | Note |
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To prevent unintentional loss of data it is not possible to delete a user profile element which is used in a metadata field. You will receive an error message when trying to do so. For the removal to work you will have to delete the metadata field first. |
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Caution should be taken when editing user profile elements which are used in metadata fields while the metadata add-on is disabled or uninstalled. In this scenario modifications like deletion of options or the whole element won't be tracked. This can lead to inconsistent metadata values if the metadata add-on is reenabled or reinstalled later on. |
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