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)

To do this:

1. Create a String attribute and name it Employee ID.
2. 
3. Once created, the new Employee ID attribute displays on the User Attributes page, but without any values:
4. 
2. Add an employee ID for an individual user.

   1. On the USERS > User List page, locate the user you want to edit.
   2. In the Actions column, click > . The Edit User page displays.
   3. In the User attributes section, enter the user's employee ID in the Employee ID attribute field.
   4. 
   5. The entered employee ID becomes a value for the Employee ID attribute.
   4. Click Update.
   5. The User Attributes page updates the Values column:
   6. 
3. Add an employee ID for multiple users at once.

   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. 
   4. Each entry becomes a value of the Employee ID attribute.
   3. Save and import your CSV file to Percipio.
   4. The User Attributes page updates the Values and Users with Attributes columns:
   5. 
4. 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.
5.