Using a transformation to create a new transformation profile

An existing transformation profile may be used as a template to create a new transformation profile. You may then modify the existing profile to create a new profile that performs a similar transformation, but perhaps with slightly different parameters.

To create a new transformation using an existing profile:

  1. Navigate to Administration/CTS/Profiles.

  2. Select a transformation profile from the Profiles list that you want to use as a basis for the new profile.

  3. Select Tools > Build Profile > From Existing or right-click on the transformation profile and select Build Profile.

    The Profiles Editor appears.

  4. In the Info tab:

    1. Enter a name for the new profile. The selected profile’s name is entered by default. You may alter this name or enter a new name. This is a required field.

    2. Enter a label for the new profile. This is the value that is seen in the Transformation wizard. This is a required field.

    3. Enter a description for the profile. The description is seen in the transformation wizard.

    4. Select which products you want to be able to use the profile.

    5. Enter a location in the repository where you want the profile to be saved. The Profiles folder (//System/Media Server/Profiles) is entered by default. If you click Browse, you can place the new profiles in any repository location.

    6. Select System if you want the new profile to be a system profile. System profiles are not visible to users in the Transformation wizard, but may be used internally by Content Transformation Services products.

      You can use this market for profiles that you are working on and do not want to be used. If you want the profile to be invoked by the system, you must perform extra configuration. See the EMC Documentum Content Transformation Services Profile Modification Guide or the EMC Documentum Content Transformation Services Product Development Guide for more information on system profiles.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Formats tab:

    • Click Add to add another Source and Target format pairing for the new profile. These are the source file formats that the profile will accept for transformation and the target formats that those files can transform to.

      Click OK.

    • Select a Source and Target format pairing and click Remove to removing the pairing from the new profile.

  7. Click Next.

  8. In the Parameters tab, select a profile parameter and click Configure.

    In the Configure profile parameter dialog:

    1. Enter a label for the parameter. This label will appear in the transformation wizard.

    2. Select Use Default Settings to enable the Default Value and Hidden options.

    3. Enter a Default Value for the parameter if you want one. This value will appear for the parameter when user views the parameters for the transformation.

    4. Select Hidden if you do not want this parameter to be visible to the user in the transformation wizard.

    5. Click OK.

  9. Click Next.

    The Summary tab appears providing a review of the elements that were selected and defined in the previous screens.

  10. Click Finish to save the new profile.