The Person Profile content type provides a standard format for displaying information about faculty, staff and students across KU websites. The profiles are very flexible and contain fields for many types of information.

In addition to manual entry, as it was in Drupal 7, Person Profile information can be pulled in from Faculty Insight, if the individual has an active Faculty Insight account.

Create a Person Profile Manually

* Indicates required field

1. Go to Content > +Add Content > Person Profile
2. Enter a Display Name*. This should be the persons full name as it should appear in lists of content.
3. Select Profile Type*. If needed, add another by selecting Other in Profile Type and typing your new option in the field Other Profile Type.  
4. In Personal Information, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. Prefix
   2. First Name/Initial
   3. Middle Name/Initial
   4. Last Name*
   5. Suffix
   6. Nickname
   7. Title(s) –Select Add another item to add additional titles. 
   8. Photo – Select Browse to add a file from your computer. Select Open File Browser to add an image in the IMCE File Browser.
   9. Within Links and Attached Files complete the following fields as needed:
      1. ORCID ID – Enter the ORCID URL
      2. Personal Links:
         1. URL
         2. Link text – Select Add another item to add additional personal links
         3. Attach a CV or Other File – Select Browse to add a file from your computer
   10. Appointment link – If the person uses an appointment service, add the URL
5. In Contact Information, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. Campus Address:
      1. Building and Room
      2. University/Campus
      3. Street Address
      4. City
      5. State
      6. Zip Code
      7. Select Add another item to add a second Campus Address
   2. Email:
      1. Label – Enter an optional label (e.g., Email, Secondary Email, etc.)
      2. Email* – Enter the email address
      3. Select Add another item to add additional entries
   3. Phone:
      1. Label – Enter an optional label (e.g., Phone, Lab Phone, Cellphone, etc.)
      2. Phone Number
      3. Extension
      4. Select Add another item to add additional entries
6. In Background Information, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. Background/Current Activities
   2. Education:
      1. Degree (To add a degree type to this list for your site see Add a Degree Type to the Person Profile on Your Site below)
      2. Emphasis/Major
      3. Institution
      4. Location of Institution
      5. Year Completed
      6. Honor/Distinction
      7. Select Add another item to add additional entries
      8. Select Highest Degree Received to indicate which entry is highest
7. In Academics, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. College or Department and School or Area
      1. College or School
      2. Department or Area
      3. Select Add another item to add additional entries
   2. Teaching Description
   3. Teaching Key Words
   4. Specialization(s)
   5. Service Description
8. In Research, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. Research Description
   2. Research, Scholarly or Creative Work Key Words
   3. Selected Publications
   4. Presentations
   5. Contracts, Grants, Fellowships and Other Funded Activity
9. In Creative Activity, complete the following fields as needed:
   1. Artistic Works, Residencies, Compositions and Performances
   2. Exhibitions
10. In Memberships, Honors and Awards, complete the following fields as needed:
    1. Memberships
    2. Awards and Honors
11. Filter terms – Leave blank in most cases. Used for custom view displays.
12. Tags – Enter tags to create profile groupings (e.g., faculty, staff, emeritus, department-name, etc.) for Profile Directories and custom view displays.

Create a Person Profile with Faculty Insight

This feature works much like it did in the previous CMS (Drupal 7).

1. Add Content > Person Profile
2. Complete the Display Name and Profile Type fields
3. Toggle open Faculty Insight section
4. Select the checkbox for Import fields from Faculty Insight
5. Enter the person’s KU Online ID and wait for the field to find that person and display their name in the autocomplete dropdown menu below the field. You must select a person from the autocomplete dropdown menu to select that person. The individual must have an active Faculty Insight account to be found by this field.
6. Select the person’s name from the dropdown menu
7. Import Faculty Insight fields:
   1. To import all Faculty Insight fields, select the checkbox for Enable/Disable all Faculty Insight fields
   2. To import select fields, select the checkboxes next to the specific fields you want to import
8. Complete any additional remaining Person Profile fields
9. Save

Faculty Insight Known Issues

For information about known issues with Faculty Insight and KU CMS Sunflower integration, see Faculty Insight - Common Issues.