diff --git a/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityApiController.java b/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityApiController.java
index 450d5562..7298256c 100644
--- a/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityApiController.java
+++ b/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityApiController.java
@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ public class CommunityApiController {
 		return communityService.listCommunities();
 	}
 
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/community", produces = {
+		"application/json"
+	}, method = RequestMethod.POST)
+	@Operation(summary = "add a new community profile", description = "add a new community profile", tags = {
+		C, W
+	})
+	@ApiResponses(value = {
+		@ApiResponse(responseCode = "200", description = "OK"),
+		@ApiResponse(responseCode = "404", description = "not found"),
+		@ApiResponse(responseCode = "500", description = "unexpected error")
+	})
+	public CommunityDetails getCommunity(@RequestBody final CommunityDetails details) throws CommunityException {
+		return communityService.newCommunity(details);
+	}
+
 	@RequestMapping(value = "/community/{id}", produces = {
 		"application/json"
 	}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
diff --git a/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityService.java b/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityService.java
index 7a39b300..f5de6a17 100644
--- a/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityService.java
+++ b/apps/dnet-exporter-api/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/openaire/community/CommunityService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.dnetlib.openaire.community;
 
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.transaction.Transactional;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -77,9 +79,23 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Transactional
+	public CommunityDetails newCommunity(final CommunityDetails details) throws CommunityException {
+		if (StringUtils.isBlank(details.getId())) {
+			throw new CommunityException("Empty Id");
+		} else if (dbCommunityRepository.existsById(details.getId())) {
+			throw new CommunityException("Community already exists: " + details.getId());
+		} else {
+			details.setCreationDate(LocalDateTime.now());
+			return saveCommunity(details);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Transactional
 	public CommunityDetails saveCommunity(final CommunityDetails details) throws CommunityException {
 		try {
+			details.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(CommunityMappingUtils.toCommunity(details));
 			return getCommunity(details.getId());
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
@@ -104,6 +120,7 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity c = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			CommunityMappingUtils.populateCommunity(c, details);
+			c.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(c);
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
 			log.error(e);
@@ -338,9 +355,9 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity dbEntry = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			dbEntry.setAdvancedConstraints(advancedCosntraint);
+			dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 			return getCommunity(id);
-
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
 			log.error(e);
 			throw new CommunityException(e);
@@ -352,6 +369,7 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity dbEntry = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			dbEntry.setAdvancedConstraints(null);
+			dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 			return getCommunity(id);
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
@@ -365,6 +383,7 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity dbEntry = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			dbEntry.setRemoveConstraints(removeConstraint);
+			dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 			return getCommunity(id);
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
@@ -378,6 +397,7 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity dbEntry = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			dbEntry.setRemoveConstraints(null);
+			dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 			return getCommunity(id);
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
@@ -416,6 +436,7 @@ public class CommunityService {
 		try {
 			final DbCommunity dbEntry = dbCommunityRepository.findById(id).orElseThrow(() -> new ResourceNotFoundException("Community not found: " + id));
 			setter.accept(dbEntry, value);
+			dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
 			dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 			return getCommunity(id);
 		} catch (final Throwable e) {
@@ -448,6 +469,8 @@ public class CommunityService {
 
 		setter.accept(dbEntry, tmpList.toArray(new String[tmpList.size()]));
 
+		dbEntry.setLastUpdateDate(LocalDateTime.now());
+
 		dbCommunityRepository.save(dbEntry);
 
 		return getCommunity(id);