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title: "Overview"
description: "Learn about credential profiles in the walt.id Enterprise Issuer2 Service."
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generated: 2026-07-20
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# Overview

**Credential Profiles** are the foundation of the Issuer2 Service's profile-based architecture. A profile defines all the default values needed to issue a specific type of credential, making it easy to create consistent credential offers without repeating configuration.

## What is a Credential Profile?

A credential profile is a reusable configuration that contains:

- **Credential Configuration ID** – The type of credential this profile issues (must match a credential configuration declared on your issuer service).
- **Issuer Identity** – The DID, key, and/or X.509 certificate chain used to sign credentials.
- **Credential Data** – Default data template for the credential.
- **Data Mapping** – Dynamic data functions for populating credential fields.
- **ID Token Claims Mapping** – Mapping from external IdP claims to credential data (for authorization code flow).
- **mDoc Data Mapping** – Type conversions for mDoc/mDL credentials.
- **Selective Disclosure** – Which SD-JWT claims a holder can selectively disclose.
- **Credential Status** – Configuration for credential revocation/suspension.
- **Notifications** – Webhook settings for issuance events.

## Profile Lifecycle

1. **Create** – Define a profile with your desired configuration.
2. **Use** – Create credential offers that reference the profile.
3. **Update** – Modify the profile configuration (creates a new version).
4. **Delete** – Permanently remove the profile when no longer needed.

**Note:**

Profiles support versioning. When you update a profile, a new version is created. Existing offers continue to use the profile version they were created with.

**Error:**

**Deletion is permanent.** Deleting a profile removes it entirely from the system — there is no soft-delete or `INACTIVE` state. Once deleted, a profile cannot be restored or referenced for new offers. Existing credential offers that were created from the profile are unaffected and continue to work until they expire.

## Supported Credential Formats

Profiles can be created for any credential format your issuer service supports:

| Format | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `dc+sd-jwt` | IETF SD-JWT Verifiable Credentials |
| `jwt_vc_json` | W3C Verifiable Credentials (JWT) |
| `mso_mdoc` | ISO 18013-5 Mobile Documents (mDL) |

## Next Steps

- [Create a Profile](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/issuer2-service/credential-profiles/create-profile.md) – Step-by-step guide to creating your first profile.
- [Manage Profiles](https://docs.walt.id/enterprise-stack/services/issuer2-service/credential-profiles/manage-profiles.md) – View, update, and delete profiles.