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title: "Profile-Based  Automations Overview (window)"
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# Profile-Based  Automations Overview (window)

This window shows all of the profile-based automations in your system.

A profile-based automation is an automated modification of contacts' profiles in Engage. A profile-based automation uses the value stored in one or more source attributes to determine the new value written to a target attribute.

**What can I do in this window?**

- Create a new profile-based automation.
- Apply a profile-based automation to change contact profile data.
- Activate or deactivate a profile-based automation.
- Delete profile-based automations that you no longer use.

## Navigation Path​

1. In the ​Main Navigation​, click ​**Automation**​.
2. Click the ​**Profile-based​ tab**.

## Available Actions​

- **New Automation:** Creates a new profile-based automation.
- **Apply Automations:** Applies all automations with the current status ​Active​ or ​Applied​ to all contacts in the system. You cannot apply profile-based automations individually. The priority determines the order in which the profile-based automations are applied. When the automation is finished, the owner receives a notification email.
- **Activate:** Activates the selected automation. Activation does not apply the automation or change contact profiles.
- **Delete:** Permanently deletes the selected automation after a confirmation.
- **View:** Opens the selected automation in view mode.
- **Edit:** Opens the selected automation in edit mode. When you change a existing profile-based automation with the status ​Applied​, Engage does not automatically re-apply the automation to all existing contacts. Click the ​Apply Automations​ button to manually reapply the automation.
- **Copy:** Creates a copy of the automation.
- **Change Priority:** Opens a window where you can change the priority of the automation. The priority determines the order in which the profile-based automations are applied.

## Available Information​

- **Priority:** Displays the priority of the automation. The priority determines the order in which the profile-based automations are applied.
- **Name:** Displays the name of the automation.
- **Type:** Displays whether the automation is an operation or a mapping.
  - **Mapping:** A mapping consists of one or more expressions or a Engage function. You can use a mapping to assign one of several possible values to a contact. This is based on an analysis of the data in his profile.
  - **Operation:** An operation consists of a programming expression applied to a profile attribute with the data type string, number or date. You can use an operation to extract or modify data stored in an attribute.
- **Owner:** Displays the owner of the automation. You cannot change the owner. When the automation is finished, the owner receives a notification email.
- **Status:** Displays the status of the automation. A profile-based automation has one of three states: ​Inactive​, ​Active​ or ​Applied​.
  - **Inactive:** This profile-based automation is not applied by Engage.
  - **Active:** An active profile-based automation has not yet been applied to all contacts in the system. To apply the profile change to all contacts in the system, click the ​Apply Automations​ button. This immediately affects all contacts in the system. The priority determines the order in which the profile-based automations are applied.
  - **Applied:** This profile-based automation has been applied at least once. Click the ​Apply Automations​ button to manually reapply the automation. You can use a time-based or event-based automation with the job ​Execute Profile-based Automations​ to reapply all profile-based automations with the status ​Applied​.
- **Creation Date:** Displays the date and time when the automation was created. This information is displayed in the ​Details​ area.
- **Activation Date:** Displays the date and time when the automation was activated. This information is displayed in the ​Details​ area.
- **Target Attribute:** Displays the attribute where new values are stored. This information is displayed in the ​Details​ area.

## Related Topics​

[Profile-Based Automations​](/v1/docs/profile-based-automations)