User Groups

User groups are arbitrary groupings of users. These groups are created by portal administrators to group users who do not have an obvious organizational or community-based attribute or aspect that brings them together. Groups can have permissions, much like roles. You could therefore use a user froup to grant permissions to any arbitrary list of users.

For example, You could create a user group called “People Who Have Access to My Stuff” and grant permission to that user group to access a particular Document Library folder . This list of users could be members of separate Organizations, Communities, or Roleswhom you want to also have access to this Document Library folder. The folder could be some personal, community, or organization page that is accessible to them in the portal.

To Create a User Group

1. Log in to Web Space Server as the admin user.

2. Navigate to Control Panel -> Portal -> User Groups from the Welcome menu.

3. Click Add.

4. Specify a name and a description for the user group and click Save.

To Assign Users to User Groups

1. Log in to Web Space Server as the admin user.

2. Navigate to Control Panel -> Portal -> User Groups from the Welcome menu.

3. Click the Actions button corresponding to a user group and choose Assign Members from the menu.

   The assign members page enables you to make assignments to the user group.

4. Click the Available tab to view the list of all available members.

5. Select the users you want to add to the user group and click Update Associations.

6. Click the Current tab to verify updated associations to the user group.