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title: "Customizable Attendee Profiles"
slug: "customizable-attendee-profiles"
updated: 2026-06-11T15:47:29Z
published: 2026-06-11T15:47:29Z
canonical: "docs.blackthorn.io/customizable-attendee-profiles"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Customizable Attendee Profiles

Attendees have more control over how they appear to others in the Blackthorn Event Navigator app. From the **Profile** page, each attendee can edit their details, add a photo, and turn the visibility of individual fields on or off. Event Organizers can also define event-specific custom profile fields.

> **Note:** The in-app experience arrives automatically when attendees update Navigator. The supporting Attendee and Event fields ship in the **Events 5.47** Salesforce package and must be installed by an admin.

## For attendees

### Edit your profile

From the **Profile** page, you can:

- Edit your **name**, **title**, **company**, and a freeform **"About Me"** bio
- Add a **profile photo** so others can put a face to the name

### Control who sees what

Turn the visibility of individual profile fields **on or off**, independently:

- Job title
- Company
- Email
- Phone
- LinkedIn
- X (Twitter)
- Instagram
- "About Me" bio

Fields you hide do not appear to other attendees, and you won't surface in the attendee directory if your profile is hidden.

## For Event Organizers

### Define event-specific profile fields

You can define custom profile fields that are relevant to your event — for example, **"Tech Stack"** for a developer conference or **"Specialty"** for a medical conference — so profiles capture details that matter for your audience. Attendees fill these in from their Profile page alongside the standard fields.

## Where the data lives in Salesforce

| Object | Field | Type | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Attendee (`conference360__Attendee__c`) | `About_Me__c` | Long Text Area (1,000) | Freeform bio provided by the attendee via Navigator. |
| Attendee (`conference360__Attendee__c`) | `Profile_Fields_Data__c` | Long Text Area (131,072) | JSON storing the attendee's custom profile field values and per-field visibility settings. |
| Attendee (`conference360__Attendee__c`) | `Show_AboutMe__c`, `Show_Company__c`, `Show_Email__c`, `Show_Phone__c`, `Show_Title__c`, `Show_LinkedIn__c`, `Show_Twitter__c`, `Show_Instagram__c` | Checkbox | Per-field visibility toggles. |
| Event (`conference360__Event__c`) | `Profile_Fields_Config__c` | Long Text Area (131,072) | JSON defining the organizer-configured custom profile fields for this event. |

Profile engagement is also tracked on the **Mobile Attendee App Usage** object via `Profile_Completions__c` and `Visibility_Updates__c` — see [Navigator Usage Reporting](/docs/navigator-usage-reporting).

> Released in Navigator **v1.7** (May 2026 train), with Blackthorn **Events 5.47**.