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title: "How to create a GitLab profile"
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> ❌ **Removal notice**
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> ❌ Please note that the URL user and URL user password parameters were removed. We recommend using <span style="color: #000000">profiles </span>to access external data.

# <span style="color: #000000">Description</span>

<span style="color: #000000">This article illustrates the process of adding a GitLab profile to the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Graphviz</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> macros.</span>

> ⚠️ <span style="color: #000000">Profiles are not available for use with the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Graph from table</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> and </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Space graph</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> macros.</span>

> ℹ️ ## <span style="color: #000000">Before you begin:</span>
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> ℹ️ <span style="color: #000000">To add a profile, you need the following:</span>
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> ℹ️ - [<span style="color: #000000">Personal access token</span>](https://gitlab.com/help/api/README.md#personal-access-tokens)<span style="color: #000000"> for GitLab profile</span>
> ℹ️ - [<span style="color: #000000">GitLab API URL</span>](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repository_files.html)
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Whitelist the GitLab URL in </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Configuration</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GVIZ/pages/70224052/Configure+for+cloud#Whitelist)<span style="color: #000000"> settings</span>

## <span style="color: #000000">Steps</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">Navigate to </span>**<span style="color: #000000">CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> > </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Settings</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> > </span>**<span style="color: #000000">ATLASSIAN MARKETPLACE</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> > </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Graphviz Configuration</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> > </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Profiles</span>**<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Add Profile</span>**<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
3. <span style="color: #000000">Enter a unique profile name in the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Profile name </span>**<span style="color: #000000">text box. </span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">Select </span>*<span style="color: #000000">GitLab</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> from the options in </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Profile type</span>*<span style="color: #000000">. </span><span style="color: #000000">Note that the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Request headers</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> parameter is auto-filled.</span>> Macro (inline-media-image)
5. <span style="color: #000000">Enter the </span>[**<span style="color: #000000">API URL</span>**](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repository_files.html)<span style="color: #000000"> for GitLab in the</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> URL</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> text box. For example, </span>[<span style="color: #000000">https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects</span>](https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
6. <span style="color: #000000">Enter the</span> [<span style="color: #000000">Personal access token</span>](https://gitlab.com/help/api/README.md#personal-access-tokens)<span style="color: #000000"> for your GitLab profile in the </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Access token </span>**<span style="color: #000000">text box.</span>
7. Click **Save profile**<span style="color: #000000"> to create the profile.</span>