Assignment of colour profiles in indesign vs PDF colour profile

Hi all,
If in the assign colour profiles menu of indesign I had the same setting for all my indesign files, as shown in screenshot attached.
And then when a PDF is created from an Indesign file using a different CMYK profile, will the original indesign setting have any impact on the PDF created? Will the PDF ignore the settings of the Indesign document?
Regards, Tim

Many templates that get populated with RGB images. .... The only colour change in the process is when the final PDF is rendered to go to the printers.
So, for my master indesign files what is the best colour set up?
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I doesn't make much sense to use any CMYK color because you never know what the destination will be and CMYK colors will almost always get reconverted. The only problem RGB presents is gamut, so when you edit, a soft proof setup with a CMYK space would be advisable. The ideal would be to establish one RGB editing space (Adobe RGB?) and assign it to all your RGB objects and ID files.
It sounds like you are expected to finalize color management at PDF creation, if that's the case PDF/X-1a forces all RGB color into one destination CMYK space and flattens transparency. When you automate the PDF creation you would need to be able to set the destination in the Output panel depending on the where the file is going.
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