UseProfile

Syntax: UseProfile(string profileName, string key)

Arguments:

• profileName is the name for the profile. The profile name must be unique and used only once in a ruleset. Up to ten profiles can be used in a ruleset. profileName cannot be one of the following:
  • ACCT_UDV
  • CUST_UDV
  • SRVC_UDV
• key is a unique value used to read and write the profile. The value must be less than 104 characters.

Return Type: Void

Description: User-defined profiles enable you to collect information over time on any entity to help create better decisions about fraud. Like user-defined variables (UDVs), user-defined profiles (UDPs) store values and track behavior over multiple transactions. UDVs are used to track Customer, Account, and Service entities. The rule author can use UDPs to track other types of entities, such as merchants, recipient accounts, device IDs, terminal IDs, and IP addresses, to enhance fraud detection strategies. Customers can purchase licenses to use up to ten UDPs. Once purchased, the licenses need to be activated by the system administrator. Once activated, the UDPs are available to rule authors to incorporate into rules. The maximum number of profiles you can create is the number of profiles activated. The maximum number of activated profiles is ten.

System administrators create, edit, or delete profiles on the Scoring Server. For more information, see the FICO^® Falcon^® Fraud Manager Administrator's Guide