Assign a Profile to an object

When creating or updating an object, reference a Profile by HFID. The object inherits the Profile's values for any attributes you don't set explicitly.

Prerequisites

• An existing Profile (see Create a Profile)
• Permission to create or update the target object on its branch

Assign on object creation

Web interface

1. Navigate to the object list for your node kind
2. Click Add <Kind>
3. In the Profile field, select the Profile by name

note

When you select the Profile, attribute fields are automatically populated with the Profile's values.

4. Fill in any required fields that the Profile does not set (such as name)
5. Click Save

GraphQL

Pass the Profile's HFID in the profiles array:

mutation {
  <Kind>Create(
    data: {
      name: { value: "<object-name>" }
      profiles: [{ hfid: ["<profile-name>"] }]
    }
  ) {
    ok
    object { id }
  }
}

The new object inherits all Profile-defined values that you didn't set explicitly.

Inspect what the object inherited

Web interface

1. Open the object you created
2. Click the info icon next to any attribute to view its metadata

success

You should see that the attribute value is inherited from the Profile.

GraphQL

Query the is_from_profile and source metadata to confirm which values came from the Profile and which were set directly:

query {
  <Kind>(name__value: "<object-name>") {
    edges {
      node {
        <attribute> {
          value
          is_from_profile
          source { hfid display_label }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

is_from_profile: true indicates the value was inherited; source identifies which Profile provided it.

See Priority and inheritance for the full resolution logic.

Next

• Override specific Profile values when an object needs to differ for one or more attributes
• Use multiple Profiles to combine multiple sets of Profile values on one object