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title: "General configuration"
manual: "Academic Profiles"
version: "3.0"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:configuration-general@3.0"
source: "Configuration/General/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-26T17:55:22+00:00"
---

# General configuration {#configuration-general}

**Extension configuration**
There are some options for global extension configuration:

-   **types.physicalAddressTypes**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* private=Private,business=Business

    The available types for physical addresses that can be chosen when adding a physical address to a profile.

-   **types.emailAddressTypes**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* private=Private,business=Business

    The available types for email addresses that can be chosen when adding an email address to a profile.

-   **types.phoneNumberTypes**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* private=Private,business=Business,mobile=Mobile

    The available types for phone numbers that can be chosen when adding a phone number to a profile.

-   **profile.feuser.telephoneNumberType**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* business

    The type assigned to telephone numbers imported from frontend users. The
    value must be one of [types.phoneNumberTypes](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:confval-types-phonenumbertypes@3.0). An unavailable
    value is stored as the undefined type `''`. It applies to every phone
    number of the [frontend user synchronisation map](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:configuration-frontend-user-sync@3.0) without a type of its own, apart from
    the column `fax`.

-   **profile.feuser.faxNumberType**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* business

    The type assigned to fax numbers imported from frontend users. It is
    validated independently from
    [profile.feuser.telephoneNumberType](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:confval-profile-feuser-telephonenumbertype@3.0); an unavailable value is
    stored as the undefined type `''`. It applies to the column `fax`
    when its entry of the [frontend user synchronisation map](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:configuration-frontend-user-sync@3.0) names no type.

-   **demand.allowedGroupByValues**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* firstNameAlpha=LLL:EXT:academic_persons/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:flexform.el.groupBy.items.first_name,lastNameAlpha=LLL:EXT:academic_persons/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:flexform.el.groupBy.items.last_name

    What values are allowed to group person listings?

-   **demand.allowedSortByValues**

    -   *type:* string
    -   *Default:* firstName=LLL:EXT:academic_persons/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:flexform.el.sortBy.items.first_name,lastName=LLL:EXT:academic_persons/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_be.xlf:flexform.el.sortBy.items.last_name

    What values are allowed to sort person listings?

The three `types.*` options and the two `demand.*` options above share one
format: entries separated by commas, each one a value, optionally followed by
`=` and a label, which may be a `LLL:` reference. Whitespace around both
separators is ignored, and so is an empty entry, such as the one after a
trailing comma. An entry without a label, such as `lastName` or
`lastName=`, is labelled with its value. An entry without a value, such as
`=Last name`, is ignored. A value that is listed twice keeps its last label.
The values of [demand.allowedSortByValues](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:confval-demand-allowedsortbyvalues@3.0) and
[demand.allowedGroupByValues](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-persons:confval-demand-allowedgroupbyvalues@3.0) are also the only fields a persons list
can be sorted or grouped by.