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Profile Configuration

Setting up a profile

Profiles are used by Contract Express to control the look and feel of a template's Questionnaire and the output document. By default, Contract Express includes a
Built-in Profile
, which cannot be edited and uses the default values for all settings.
If you want to customise these settings, you must create a new profile (via
Admin
>
Profiles
>
New Profile
).
note
When creating a profile, you must select (check) each setting you want to apply and then choose the appropriate option.

Where can I apply Profiles?

You can apply profiles at different levels:
  • Apply a
    site‑wide default profile
     from
    Admin
    >
    Features
    >
    Profile
    .
  • Apply profiles
    per template
     by navigating to
    Templates
    >
    [Template Name] > Profiles
    >
    Live/Test
    .
  • If
    Categories
     are enabled, you can also apply profiles
    per template within a category
    .

How do Profiles apply?

Profiles are applied cumulatively. For example, if you apply
Profile A
 at the site level,
Profile B
 at the template level, and
Profile C
 to the same template within a category, then when you launch the template from that category, the system evaluates settings in the following order:
  • Profile C
     – Checks whether each specific setting is activated (checked).
    • If a setting is not specified, the system then checks:
  • Profile B
     – Checks whether the setting is activated.
    • If it is not specified, the system then checks:
  • Profile A
     – Checks whether the setting is activated.
    • If it is still not specified, the system then uses:
  • The Built‑in Profile
     – Applies the default value.
So, if Profile C does not specify the document output format, but Profile B does, the system uses the setting from Profile B.
Test profiles
Profiles configured under the
Test
 tab in the template details are used
only
 when launching the template from:
  • The
    Test
     button in Author.
  • The
    Test latest version
     button on that same page (even if the latest version is Live/Published).
  • The
    Test
     links available on the same page.

Which profile is used when bulk‑generating documents using datasheets?

When you use datasheets to bulk‑generate documents,
category‑level profiles are ignored
, even if categories are enabled. In this scenario, Contract Express uses only the profiles applied at the
template
 and
site
 levels.
This is because a single template can be associated with multiple categories, and the system cannot determine which category‑specific profile should apply. As a result, it defaults to the profiles set at the template and site levels.
note
  • If you are working between multiple environments (e.g. Dev + Prod), you can download and upload Profiles and Locales, rather than needing to re-create them from scratch.
  • If you are working with a suite of templates, the Profile added to the master template will be used.
For more information, see Managing profiles to learn how to create, edit, and delete profiles.

Settings

The following sections describe all available Profile settings in Contract Express, organised into the five main categories listed below:
  • – Helps you choose the language and regional settings used in the questionnaire and generated documents, such as date formats and translations.
  • – Allows you to shape how users answer questions, including the way questions, answers, and logic appear on screen.
  • – Defines how the document preview is shown to users while they are completing the questionnaire.
  • – Determines how the final document is created, including the file format and what users can do with it after generation.
  • – Provides access to system-level options, such as data retention and the handling of unresolved or excluded content.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Contract Express