Profile dependencies can be used to build a large profile out of smaller "mini" or "sub" profiles. For example, if you want to have a more modular version of the Company Intranet profile you can use dependencies to include the blog configuration, and then use that same blog configuration in another profile.
By installing the MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile profile, the following profiles would be installed:
Dependencies Syntax
MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile
{CODE(caption=>YAML)} dependencies: # Could also be called dummy - $profiles.tiki.org:BugTrackerProfile:bug_tracker - $profiles.tiki.org:ClientManagementProfile:client_tracker - $profiles.tiki.org:SampleDataProfile:sample_page {CODE}
By installing the MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile profile, the following profiles would be installed:
- MyConfigurationRepositoryProfile (everything on the original page.)
- BugTrackerProfile
- ClientManagementProfile
- CategoryTreeProfile (if this profile is referenced in ClientManagementProfile for example)
- SampleDataProfile
Current Limitations
- Dependencies need to be all in one YAML block
- The referenced profiles need to be named without spaces or the words must be joined together using underscore (no spaces or dashes, ex: User_Tracker)
- If you develop a profile with dependencies, please note that newly added dependencies where the referenced profiles contain profile requests (for user input) may not appear until you freshen and re-install your database
- When there is anything changed in the dependent profile, it is not re-applied after doing the "Forget and Re-Apply" action (only newly added dependencies are applied)