Assigning a Profile to a Person Group
For a user belonging 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.
In the homepage, click the Active Person Groups with no assigned Profile indicator.2. In the Profile Assignments section, click New 
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.3. In the Assigned profile field, click the drop-down menu then select the profile you want to assign to the person group.
To perform a search filtering the profiles, click the arrow then select Connect profile.4. (If needed) In the Repository field, click the drop-down menu and change the repository concerned by the assignment.
By default, the current repository is selected. You can select another repository or all the repositories.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 Validity start date field, click the calendar then select a validity start date.
• In the Validity end date field, click the calendar then select a validity end date.
7. Click OK.
The profile is assigned to the person group on the selected repository for the defined period.
Performing of mass profile assignment to person groups
To perform a mass assignment of profiles to a person group:
1. Access the Person groups management page.
The list of person groups displays in the edit area.
2. Select the person groups to which you want to assign one or more profiles.
3. In the list menu bar, click Assign Profiles.
The list of profiles appears.
4. (If needed) In the Repository field, click the drop-down menu then change the repository concerned by the assignment.
By default, the current repository is selected, you can select another repository or all of them.5. By default, assignments do not have a validity limit. If you must define a validity period for assignments, select Define validity dates.
• In the Validity start date field, click the calendar then select a validity start date.
• In the Validity end date field, click the calendar then select a validity end date.
6. Select the profiles that you want to assign to the selected person groups.
7. Click OK.
The selected profiles are assigned to the person groups selected for the defined period.