Profiles can be grouped into categories based on their functional area. Administrators can categorize profiles and then easily search on the profiles by category in the Profiles HTML-based page when they need to view or update them.
The Profiles and Profile Categories HTML-based pages can be accessed from the Functional Administrator and Functional Developer responsibilities. For more information on these, see: Overview of Functional Administrator and Functional Developer Responsibilities.
From the Profiles Categories Search page, you can search based on the following criteria:
Name
Code (internal name)
Application
The search results will list the profile categories that meet your criteria. You can click on a profile category name to view the profile options included in that category, and in turn, click on a profile option name to view and update its definition.
In creating a profile category, you specify a name, code, owning application, and description. You then add profiles to the category.
After creating a profile category, you can duplicate, update, or delete it.
Some profiles in the Applied Technology area are in a product-specific category called "Exportable" (internal name <application short name>_AZ_EXPORTABLE) for Oracle iSetup. To find out which profiles are in such a category, query for the profile category "Exportable" for the given application (for example, "Application Object Library").