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I'm trying create a new profile tab with some customer user properties. I've added the user properties following these StackExchange instructions. I was also able to create a new tab with some help from Mr. Oryszak. Finally, I used SPSWC:ProfilePropertyValue to get the new property values to display on my new tab, as in this code:

Hobbies: <SPSWC:ProfilePropertyValue PropertyName="Hobbies" dir="ltr" runat="server"/>

I'm not sure about a few things, and I think they're all related enough to be one question.

  1. Is there a tag I can use to get the display name of the property rather than "hard-coding" it into an ASPX page?
  2. How can I get all of the values of a multi value string property? I just get back the first one with an ellipsis using that tag.
  3. Can I make a property that acts as a lookup, or is there a way to restrict the multi-value string property to specific values?

Thanks!

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Trying to answer all 3 questions:

  1. For display name, you should be able to use ProfilePropertyDisplayName (in same namespace as ProfilePropertyValue)

  2. In Central Admin, go to Your User Profile Service > Manage User Properties > Locate and Edit your multi-value user property. In edit property page, locate following setting and change it: Maximum number of values to show before displaying ellipsis:

  3. Custom multi value User Profile property can be configured to pick a value from a term set defined in Managed Metadata Term Store. This would restrict user to choose from values defined with the term set.

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  • Thanks @Ashish Patel. I had no problem with the first two at all. I can't figure out how to create a term set. I've found several sites that talk about how (like this one and this one), but no amount of right- or left-clicking in the taxonomy term store gets me a contextual menu to add a new group. You definitely answered the question; though if you know how I can create a new group, I'd love to know!
    – Becca
    Dec 19, 2011 at 14:29
  • If you don't see contextual menu to create group, ask your farm administrator to add you as a Term Store administrator (to add a new Term Group) or "Term Group Managers" to create a new Term set under the Term group that already exist.
    – Ashish Patel
    Dec 19, 2011 at 14:55

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