User profiles contain the Portal tab and personal folder contents. They also have user preferences such as language, preferred output format, the style used, and the Cognos Connections view settings. The default user profile applies to all new users, and this profile is created when a user logs in for the first time. The directory administrators can edit the default user profile for all users from the Cognos namespace settings. The administrator can also copy one profile's settings to another profile from the Security tab. This function is located under the Security tab as the third option.