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This page lists and describes the default user profile fields. You can't delete a default field, but you can remove it from a page.

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Default User Profile Fields

Field name Description and field type
About me User description. This field also appears in the Organizational Chart user card.
Type: Textarea Field 
Address 1 Line 1 of the user's address.
Type: Textbox Field 
Address 2 Line 2 of the user's address.
Type: Textbox Field 
CAPTCHA Makes people complete a CAPTCHA (a quick test that shows they're a person, not an automated program) before they can submit the page. It works only when Advanced Settings > Enable CAPTCHA is checked. To require the CAPTCHA for logged-in users too, also check Enable CAPTCHA for logged in members.
City The user's city.
Type: Textbox Field 
Company The user's company.
Type: Textbox Field 
Connected devices The mobile devices where the user is logged in to the Mobile Apps.
Country The user's country. To add, edit, or delete country options, edit the page, edit the field, and click Field Options.
Type: Picklist Field 
Cover photo The cover photo appears in the user Profile Header, User Hover Card, and Org Chart.

Until a person uploads their own, their profile shows the site's default cover image. In a template, {{field:Cover photo}} shows that same default. An administrator can change the default for the whole site with this field's Default value setting. For an image field, that setting is an uploader rather than a text box.
Type: Image Field 
Date format Changes how dates appear throughout the intranet. The field appears in User Preferences only when Advanced Settings > Allow members to modify date & time format is checked.
Type: Picklist Field 
Date of birth The user's date of birth. This field populates the Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversaries People Widget.
Type: DateTime Field 
Department To add, edit, or delete department options, edit the page, edit the field, and click Field Options.
Type: Picklist Field 
Digest emails Option to receive the Daily Digest Email and Weekly Digest Email. To set the default values, edit the page, edit the field, click Advanced, and select the Default value.
Type: Picklist Field 
Email The user's email address.
Type: Textbox Field 
Email notifications Option to receive emails for Notifications. To set the default values, edit the page, edit the field, click Advanced, and select the Default value.
Type: Yes / No Field 
First name The user's first name.
Type: Textbox Field 
Hire date When the user was hired. This field populates the Upcoming Birthdays and Anniversaries People Widget.
Type: DateTime Field 
I agree to receive promotional offers. Option to receive promotional offers via email.
Type: Yes / No Field 
Note: The "I agree to receive promotional offers" preference is for your internal use. To send email promotions to your users, you can Download CSV File of Users, filter the CSV file to the people who checked the "I agree to receive promotional offers" setting, and then give the file to a 3rd party or import it into your own system.
I agree to the terms A checkbox people must check to use the intranet. To change the terms, update the Terms and Conditions page in Control Panel > Content > CMS Pages. To point the field at a different page instead, edit the page, edit the field, click Field Help, and update the link.
Type: Yes / No Field 
Last name The user's last name.
Type: Textbox Field 
Location The user's location information. This field groups Address 1, Address 2, Country, State, and City.
Type: Field Group 
Member since The date a user joined the intranet. (Only available for the User Profile page.)
My REST API Key The user's REST API key (a code that lets other software connect to Axero as this user). The field doesn't appear on the Edit Profile page unless Allow REST API key creation in UI is checked in Control Panel > System > REST API Settings and the user has one of the roles selected there.
Type: Textbox Field 
Occupation The user's job title. The REST API also calls this field Occupation.
Type: Textbox Field 
Password Lets users log in, register, and update their password.
Type: Textbox Field 
Phone The user's phone number.
Type: Textbox Field 
Postal code The user's postal code.
Type: Textbox Field 
Profile photo The profile photo typically appears next to the user's name.
Type: Image Field 
Rank The user's rank. Only available for the User Profile page.
Remember me next time Option to stay logged in. To change how long the login cookie lasts before users are logged out, go to Control Panel > System > System Properties and set FormsAuthPersistentCookieTimeOutInMinutes. The default value is 43200 (30 days).
Type: Yes / No Field 
Reports to The user's supervisor. This field builds the Organizational Chart.
Type: Lookup Field 
Roles All the top-level Roles a user has. Only available for the User Profile page.
Share my email address Option to show or hide the user's email address on their profile.
Type: Yes / No Field 
Share my phone number Option to show or hide the user's phone number on their profile.
Type: Yes / No Field 
Share my profile Option to make the user appear in search and make their profile visible to other users.
Type: Yes / No Field 
Signature The signature appears on discussion posts. 
Type: Textarea Field 
State The user's state. To add, edit, or delete state options, edit the page, edit the field, and click Field Options.
Type: Picklist Field 
Sync folders Folders to sync using File Sync for Windows Desktop.
Time format Changes how timestamps appear throughout the intranet. It requires Advanced Settings > Allow members to modify date & time format to be checked.
Type: Picklist Field 
Time zone The user's time zone.
Type: Picklist Field 
Total points The user's total points. Only available for the User Profile page.
Total posts The user's number of discussion posts. Only available for the User Profile page.
User Passcode Configure The Two-Factor Authentication section where a user can enable and set up two-factor authentication for their account.
Username The user's username, used for signing in.
Type: Textbox Field 

How to Make Fields Optional

Some default user profile fields, such as Company and Occupation, are required. To make a profile field optional:

  1. Go to Control Panel > People > User Profiles.
  2. Edit the page that contains the field.
  3. On the field, click the gear icon > Edit Properties.
  4. Set Number required to 0.
  5. Save the widget and page.

How to Change the Default Profile Photo

  1. Go to Control Panel > People > User Profiles.
  2. For the Edit Profile page, click the  gear icon > Edit Page.
  3. On the Profile Photo and Avatar section, click the gear icon > Expand.
  4. On the Profile photo field, click the  gear icon > Edit Properties.
  5. Click the Advanced tab.
  6. Click the image below Default value and upload a photo.
  7. To use a different image for the profile photo avatar (the thumbnail version of the photo), click the image below Default thumbnail and upload a photo. Otherwise, check Update default thumbnail on save.
  8. Save the widget and page.
  9. Click All pages.
  10. Click System > Advanced System Utilities.
  11. Click Restart Site.

After the restart, every user who still has the default profile photo shows the new one.

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