A group, is a named collection of users in the user management system. Groups provide a convenient way to refer to a related group of users, such as a department, team, or regional office.

Because groups can belong to other groups, they provide a way to easily sub-classify users with a group hierarchy tailored to fit your needs.

For example, you might have a top-level group called AllEmployees that contains all of the employees in your company. The AllEmployees group might then contain other groups, each of which contains just the employees of offices in various geographic locations:

• AllEmployees (group containing all employees)
  • NewYork (group containing just employees in New York)
    • Executive
    • Marketing
    • Sales
    • Custodial
  • SanFrancisco (group containing just employees in San Francisco)
  • Seattle (group containing just employees in Seattle)
  • Denver (group containing just employees in Denver)

For more information about user management, see the User Management Guide on BEA's edocs page.

Related Help Topics:

• Overview of Users and Groups
• Create a Group
• Move a Group
• Add Users to a Group
• Assign Delegated Administration to Groups