Review or create a Nightscout profile
A treatment-setting profile supplies information used in calculations and reports. It is not your Pro account profile and is not a sensor connection setting.
If you use an APS uploader
Check whether your app uploads and manages the profile before editing it in Nightscout. Follow APS guidance. Do not toggle an override or change dosing parameters to force an upload.
If you need a manually maintained profile
- Open your Nightscout site and authenticate as its owner.
- Open the menu and Profile Editor.
- Select the relevant profile and check its units, named timezone and effective date.
- Enter only the treatment settings already agreed for you: basal schedule, carbohydrate ratio, sensitivity, targets and insulin-action information as required by your setup. Obtain clinical guidance for values you do not know.
- Save, reopen the editor and verify the intended record and effective date. Preserve older records when you need historical reports to retain their original settings.
Do not copy example/default treatment values from another person or app. Profiles, target ranges, device-reported insulin on board and Nightscout calculations may use different models; identical numbers are not guaranteed.
Profile controls and history
The editor shows the active profile; Stored Profiles selects another. Its + control adds a profile and clone duplicates one. Do not delete an existing profile/record merely to refresh the screen. Name, Timezone and DIA identify its context; use your already agreed insulin-action value, not a default copied from a guide.
Schedules for I:C, ISF, Basal rates and Target BG range use timed rows. Add a row only when the existing care settings change at that time. The Carbs absorption rate field is not a generic number of hours; follow its documented unit. Check Authentication status, authenticate if required, then save and verify.
Editing an existing database record changes the profile information used from that record’s Valid time and date. To preserve prior historical behavior, use a new appropriately dated record rather than overwriting the old one.
If a profile seems stale
Record the intended app/profile name, time of the last legitimate change, Nightscout profile timestamp and any upload error. Send those details in the existing support conversation. Support should investigate the upload path without asking you to trigger a treatment action.