PropertyDataType Class

Represents the definition for the data types of a profile property.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.PropertyDataType

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles (in Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel := True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class PropertyDataType
'Usage
Dim instance As PropertyDataType

[SharePointPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ObjectModel = true)]
public sealed class PropertyDataType

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the PropertyDataType class.

static public void PropertyTypeAndMappingSample()
{
 
  using (SPSite site = new SPSite("site url"))
  {
    SPServiceContext context = SPServiceContext.GetContext(site);
//Initialize user profile config manager object.
    UserProfileConfigManager upcm = new UserProfileConfigManager(context);
    ConnectionManager cm = upcm.ConnectionManager;
 
//Sample to get a property type.
    PropertyDataTypeCollection pdtc = upcm.GetPropertyDataTypes();
    PropertyDataType ptype = null;
 
    foreach (PropertyDataType datatype in pdtc)
    {
      if (datatype.Name.Equals("string"))
      {
        ptype = datatype;
        break;
      }
    }
 
//Sample to create a new custom property.
    ProfilePropertyManager ppm = upcm.ProfilePropertyManager;
    CorePropertyManager cpm = ppm.GetCoreProperties();
    ProfileTypePropertyManager ptpm = ppm.GetProfileTypeProperties(ProfileType.User);
    ProfileSubtypeManager psm = ProfileSubtypeManager.Get(context);
    ProfileSubtype ps = psm.GetProfileSubtype(ProfileSubtypeManager.GetDefaultProfileName(ProfileType.User));
    ProfileSubtypePropertyManager pspm = ps.Properties;
 
    CoreProperty coreProp = cpm.Create(false);
    coreProp.Name = "division";
    coreProp.DisplayName = "my custom division";
    coreProp.Type = ptype.Name;
    coreProp.Length = ptype.MaxCharCount;
    coreProp.Commit();
    ProfileTypeProperty profileTypeProp = ptpm.Create(coreProp);
    profileTypeProp.IsVisibleOnEditor = true;
    profileTypeProp.IsVisibleOnViewer = true;
    profileTypeProp.Commit();
    ProfileSubtypeProperty profileSubTypeProp = pspm.Create(profileTypeProp);
    profileSubTypeProp.DefaultPrivacy = Privacy.Private;
    profileSubTypeProp.IsUserEditable = true;
    profileSubTypeProp.Commit();
    pspm.SetDisplayOrderByPropertyName(profileSubTypeProp.Name, 1);
    pspm.CommitDisplayOrder();
 
//Edit property sample.
    CoreProperty ptitle = cpm.GetPropertyByName(PropertyConstants.Title);
// Or get property by URI.
    ptitle = cpm.GetPropertyByURI(Property.URI_Title);
    ptitle.DisplayName = "Designation";
    ptitle.Commit();
//Property map sample.
    string connectionName = "Test Connection";
    Connection connection = cm[connectionName];
    PropertyMapCollection pmc = connection.PropertyMapping;
    pmc.AddNewMapping(ProfileType.User, profileSubTypeProp.Name, "division");
 
//Remove property sample.
    cpm.RemovePropertyByName("division");
    ptpm.RemovePropertyByName("division");
    pspm.RemovePropertyByName("division");
  }
}

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

PropertyDataType Members

Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles Namespace