This section provides a basic overview of the steps you follow to set up and configure a composite profile repository. Each step is described in detail in the Composite Repositories chapter of the ATG Repository Guide.
Set up all contributing repositories. Note that the composite repository relies on the data caching mechanism of the underlying repositories; it does not perform any caching itself. As part of this step, therefore, make sure you configure caching for each contributing repository as required.
For each composite view, set up contributing views and a primary view.
Determine the method for linking the primary and contributing views (by repository ID or by the value of one or more given properties). See Creating Composite Profile Items in this chapter.
If you choose the property value method of linking, select one or more uniquely valued properties from each contributing view.
Identify any contributing properties that you want to exclude from the composite view. See Resolving Property Names in a Composite Repository in this chapter.
Identify any properties you want to rename in the composite view. See Resolving Property Names in a Composite Repository in this chapter.
Write the definition file for the composite profile repository. See the example in this chapter and the detailed description in the ATG Repository Guide.
Configure the Personalization module to use the new repository. See Configuring Your Personalization Module for a Composite Profile Repository in this chapter.
If necessary, configure the Scenarios module to use the new repository. See Configuring the Scenarios Module to Use a Composite Profile Repository.
