What is the meaning of "This profile contains no data which can be administered."?

I have created a new provider that extends from the ProfileProviderAdapter. The new provider compiles. I created the xml file to describe the attributes and privs for this new provider. I run "ipsadmin -chkxml filename" and the command runs properly. I next run "ipsadmin -import filename" and this command run properly. I restart the portal server. I next log into the admin console. Click on Manage Domains -> My Domain Name -> Applications -> Desktop

I add the new Channel with the name ProjectWorkspaceProvider and map it to the class name org.foo.ProjectWorkspaceProvider. I select apply changes to all sub roles. Then click submit. The changes were applied. When I click on edit channel for this new provider I get the following error message:

"This profile contains no data which can be administered."

What is the meaning of this message and what could be causing it?

Also when I click on Manage Domains -> My Domain -> Policy -> Applications

I see my new Provider but there are no select boxes under the options for items like help, border, detachable, etc.

-matt

[1139 byte] By [MattMacDonald] at [2007-11-25 4:35:41]
# 1
This informative message was actually caused by an attribute not having an "idx" value specified in the xml descriptor. This xml file passed the "ipsadmin -chkxml xmlfilename" command and passed the "ipsadmin -import xmlfilename".
Matt MacDonald at 2007-6-29 2:48:08 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 2

This happens if the new Channelname is not the same as the xml filename.

When entering the new Channel name in the Desktop profile,the channel name should be the name of the xml filename and class name should be com.iplanet.portalserver.providers.yourfolder.yourclassname.

-saralavijay

708850 at 2007-6-29 2:48:08 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 3
Note:The new Channel name must be the name of the XML file(component name)(what you have created for this provider) -check with that.Probably you might have not given the same name for the Channel name. -SaralaVijay
708850 at 2007-6-29 2:48:08 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...
# 4
Ok so I realized that the command was "ipsadmin create component Foo fooxmlfile" But now when I run that command I get the following informative error:"Profile create failed.More info:com.iplanet.portalserver.ipsadmin.Component"Thoughts?
Matt MacDonald at 2007-6-29 2:48:08 > top of Java-index,Web & Directory Servers,Portal Servers...