# Using profiles in AWS WA Tool Profiles You can create profiles to provide your business context, and identify goals you'd like to accomplish when performing a Well-Architected review. AWS Well-Architected Tool uses the information gathered from your profile to help you focus on a prioritized list of questions that are relevant to your business during the workload review. Attaching a profile to your workload also helps you see which risks are prioritized for you to address with your improvement plan. You can [create a profile](creating-a-profile.md) from the **Profiles** page and associate it to a new workload, or you can [add a profile to an existing workload](adding-profiles-to-workloads.md). # Creating a profile Creating a profile **To create a profile** 1. Select **Profiles** in the left navigation pane. 1. Choose **Create profile**. 1. In the **Profile properties** section, provide a **Name** and **Description** for your profile. 1. To refine the information prioritized for your business in the workload review and improvement plan, select the answers that are most relevant to your business in the **Profile questions** section. 1. (Optional) In the **Tags** section, add any tags you want to associate with the profile. For more information on tags, see [Tagging your AWS WA Tool resources](tagging.md). 1. Choose **Save**. A success message appears when the profile is created successfully. When a profile is created, the profile overview is displayed. The overview shows the data associated with the profile, including the name, description, ARN, created and updated dates, and the answers to the profile questions. From the profile overview page you can edit, delete, or share your profile. # Editing a profile in AWS WA Tool Editing a profile **To edit a profile** 1. Select **Profiles** in the left navigation pane, or choose **View profile** from the **Profiles** section of the workload. 1. Select the name of the profile you want to update. 1. Choose **Edit** on the **Profile overview** page. 1. Make any necessary updates to the profile questions. 1. Choose **Save**. # Sharing a profile in AWS WA Tool Sharing a profile Profiles can be shared with users or accounts, or they can be shared with an entire organization or organizational unit. **To share a profile** 1. Select **Profiles** in the left navigation pane. 1. Select the name of the profile you want to share. 1. Choose the **Shares** tab. 1. To share to a user or account, choose **Create** and select **Create shares to IAM users or accounts**. In the **Send invitations** box, specify the user or account IDs, and choose **Create**. 1. To share to an organization or organizational unit, choose **Create** and select **Create shares to Organizations**. To share to an entire organization select **Grant permissions to the entire Organization**. To share with an organizational unit, select **Grant permissions to individual Organization Units**, specify the organizational unit in the box, and choose **Create**. **Important** Before sharing a profile with an organization or organizational unit (OU), you must [enable AWS Organizations access](sharing.md#getting-started-sharing-orgs). # Adding a profile to a workload in AWS WA Tool Adding a profile to a workload You can add a profile to an existing workload, or when defining a workload, to speed up the workload review process. AWS WA Tool uses the information gathered from your profile to prioritize questions in the workload review that are relevant to your business. For more information on adding a profile when defining a workload, see [Defining a workload in AWS WA Tool](define-workload.md). **To add a profile to an existing workload** 1. Select **Workloads** in the left navigation pane, and select the name of the workload you want to associate with a profile. **Note** Only one profile can be associated with a workload. 1. In the **Profile** section, choose **Add profile**. 1. Select the profile you want to apply to the workload from the list of available profiles, or choose **Create profile**. For more information, see [Creating a profile](creating-a-profile.md). 1. Choose **Save**. The **Workload overview** displays a count of prioritized questions answered and prioritized risks based on the information in the associated profile. Choose **Continue reviewing** to address the prioritized questions in the workload review. For more information, see [Documenting a workload in AWS WA Tool](start-workflow-review.md). The **Profile** section displays the name, description, ARN, version, and last updated date for the profile associated with the workload. # Removing a profile from a workload in AWS WA Tool Removing a profile from a workload Removing a profile from the workload reverts the workload to the version prior to when the profile was associated with it, and workload review questions and risks are no longer prioritized. **To remove a profile from a workload** 1. From the **Profiles** section of the workload, choose **Remove**. 1. To confirm removal, enter the name of the profile in the text input field. 1. Choose **Remove**. A notification that the profile has been successfully removed from the workload is displayed. Removing a profile reverts the workload to the version prior to when the profile was associated with it, and workload review questions and risks are no longer prioritized. # Deleting a profile from AWS WA Tool Deleting a profile If you created a profile, you can delete the profile from the list of profiles available in AWS WA Tool. Deleting a profile from the **Profiles** page does not remove the profile from any associated workloads. You can continue using profiles that were shared and associated with a workload before deletion, however, no new workloads can be associated with a deleted profile. [Profile notifications](notifications.md#profiles-notifications) are sent to workload owners using deleted profiles. **Disclaimer** By sharing your profiles with other AWS accounts, you acknowledge that AWS will make your profiles available to those other accounts. Those other accounts may continue to access and use your shared profiles even if you delete the profile from your own AWS account or terminate your AWS account. **To delete a profile from your list of profiles** 1. Select **Profiles** in the left navigation pane. 1. Select the name of the profile you want to remove. 1. Choose **Delete**. 1. To confirm removal, enter the profile name in the text input field. 1. Choose **Delete**. If you want to keep a profile in your **Profiles** list, but remove it from a workload, see [Removing a profile from a workload in AWS WA Tool](removing-profiles-from-workloads.md).