HOPEX Administration (Web) > Managing Users > Managing Profiles > Assigning a Profile to a Person Group
Assigning a Profile to a Person Group
For a user who belongs to a person group to be able to connect to HOPEX in the name of the group, you must assign a profile to the person group. If necessary, you can define a validity period for the profile assignment.
The profile assignment is specific to a repository.
*A person group can have several profiles.
Assigning a profile to a person group 
To assign a profile to a person group:
1. Access the properties of the person group.
2. In Assignments, click New .
3. In the Assigned profile field, click the drop-down menu and select the profile you want to assign to the person group.
4. (If needed) In the Repository field, click the drop-down menu and change the repository to which you want to assign the profile.
*By default, the current repository is assigned, you can select another repository or all of them.
5. (Optional, with read-only data access) In the Connection Snapshot field, select a connection repository snapshot.
6. (Optional) By default, assignments do not have a validity limit. If you need to define a validity period for assignments, select Valid for a limited period.
• In the Valid start date field, click the calendar and select a validity start date.
• In the Valid end date field, click the calendar and select a validity end date.
7. Click OK.
The profile is assigned to the person group on the selected repository for the specified duration.
Performing a mass profile assignment to person groups 
To perform a mass profile assignment to person groups:
1. Access the User Management pages.
2. Click the Person groups by profile sub-folder.
The list of profiles appears.
3. In the edit area, select the profile you want to assign to several person groups.
4. In the edit area, click Connect .
5. In the Repository field, select the repository to which the profile is assigned.
*You can select one repository or all of them.
6. (Optional) By default, assignments do not have a validity limit. If you must define a validity period for assignments, select Define validity dates.
• In the Valid start date field, click the calendar and select a validity start date.
• In the Valid end date field, click the calendar and select a validity end date.
7. In the person group list, select the person groups to whom you want to assign the profile.
8. Click OK.
The selected profile is assigned to the selected person groups, on the selected repository, for the defined period.
Performing a mass assignment of profiles to person groups 
To perform a mass assignment of profiles to a person group:
1. Access the User Management pages.
2. Click the Person Groups sub-folder.
The list of person groups appears.
3. Select the person groups to which you want to assign one or more profiles.
4. Click Assign Profiles.
The list of profiles appears.
5. (If needed) In the Repository field, click the drop-down menu and change the repository to which you want to assign the profile.
*By default, the current repository is assigned, you can select another repository or all of them.
6. By default, assignments do not have a validity limit. If you must define a validity period for assignments, select Define validity dates.
• In the Valid start date field, click the calendar and select a validity start date.
• In the Valid end date field, click the calendar and select a validity end date.
7. Select the profiles that you want to assign to the selected person groups.
8. Click OK.
The selected profiles are assigned to the person groups selected for the defined period.