Creating and editing user groups

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What is a user group?

A user group allows the Domain Administrator to designate a collection of users who share a special set of privileges for designated projects on this site. This lets you assign roles, and the permissions associated with those roles, to a select group of users in a single operation. Roles can also be removed from user groups in the same manner.

Assigning or removing user group privileges is handled within the context of project groups. More information about this is available in Creating and editing project groups. The document you are currently viewing covers how to create and edit user groups.

As an example of how you might apply the user group feature, suppose your site includes projects which require some users who contribute to projects only for a limited time. You could define a "Contract Project Group" for all those affected projects. Then you could create a "Contractors User Group" and assign modified roles to this group to limit their access and privileges.

You could also define user groups in alignment with your organizational structure, such as by departments or development teams, then tailor the roles and permissions to suit the types of site activities you want to allow these groups of users.


Creating user groups

To create a user group:

After you have submitted the new user group, the All User Groups page displays with the new group added.


Editing user groups

If you need to view, add, or remove members from a user group:

This page lists all users who are included in the selected user group. You can conduct the following actions here:


Assigning roles and permissions to user groups

Because user groups are designed to work in conjunction with project groups, you must assign a particular set of roles and permissions to users in a group en masse within the context of creating and editing a project group. See Editing project groups for more details.


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