String Attribute

Use the String attribute if the values you need to create are unique to each user (for example, an employee ID, a national insurance number, or a specific job title).

Using a String attribute (example)

You want to ensure that your employee IDs are captured as part of your users' data in Percipio.

To do this:

  1. Create a String attribute and name it Employee ID.
  2. Create user attribute page. Fields for attribute name, and type.
  3. Once created, the new Employee ID attribute displays on the User Attributes page, but without any values:
  4. User Attributes page
    1. Select Users > User Management from the left navigation bar. Locate the user you want to edit.
    2. In the Actions column, click actions menu icon, gray elipse > the Edit button, a pencil. The Edit User page displays.
    3. In the User attributes section, enter the user's employee ID in the Employee ID attribute field.
    4. Edit user page. Employee ID field is highlighted.
    5. The entered employee ID becomes a value for the Employee ID attribute.
    6. Click Update.
    7. The User Attributes page updates the Values column:
    8. User attributes page with updated values column.
    1. Download a CSV file of your current users.
    2. For each user, in the Employee ID user attribute column, enter the user's employee ID:
    3. Employee ID user attribute column
    4. Each entry becomes a value of the Employee ID attribute.
    5. Save and import your CSV file to Percipio.
    6. The User Attributes page updates the Values and Users with Attributes columns:
    7. The Values and Users with Attributes columns
  7. Once you've added values to the attribute, on the User Attributes page, click the number in the Values column to view all entered values for the Employee ID String attribute.
  8. User attribute details