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Changing the default profile

The default profile is used to display Searching in absence of a designated profile. You must specify a default profile for the system.

You can choose which profile you want to be the default profile. Only one profile on the system can be set as the default profile. If another profile is already set as the default profile, when you choose a different profile as the default, that profile becomes the new default profile on the system.

You cannot delete the default profile. You cannot delete a profile that is currently set as the default. To delete it, you must first select a different profile as the default.

If you try to delete a profile that has been recently set as the default profile in another session by another administrative user, the software displays an error message indicating that the record has been modified by another user, and prevents you from saving any changes that you may have made to the profile. Additionally, if you try to set a profile that has been deleted by another administrative user in another session as the default profile, then the software redisplays the list of profiles without the deleted profile, and the default profile selection remains unchanged.

The Discovery administrator database metadata is cached in the Discovery Server application. Any changes to search profiles will not be reflected to the patron in Searching until the metadata cache is refreshed. (For more information, see Refreshing the search cache.)

To change the default profile

Choose Profiles from the navigation pane.

Choose the Edit option next to the profile in the Search Profile List that you want to designate as the default, then select the Set as Default option on the Edit Profile page.

Choose OK to save your changes, or choose Cancel to discard your changes and return to Profiles.