Organizations

Organizations are hierarchical collections of Users. They are one of the two types of portal resources that can have pages. A special type of Organization called Location defines where users are specifically located.

The two kinds of Organizations are:

• Regular - Can have suborganizations

• Location - Is not allowed to have suborganizations.

Let us consider the example of creating an organization called Admin Organization and a Suborganization called Admin Location. This section explains the method of defining an organization and creating users under organization.

To Create an Organization

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

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

   All the existing organizations are listed.

3. Click Add.

4. Provide a name and type for the organization.

   For an organization of type Location, also specify the Country and Region.

5. Click Save.

   You can specify other attributes such as, address, phone number, email ID, and web site.

To Create a Suborganization

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

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

   All the existing organizations are listed.

3. Click Add.

4. Provide a name and type for the organization.

   For an organization of type Location, also specify the Country and Region.

5. Click Select to select a parent organization.

   The window that appears lists all the Organizations of type Regular.

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   Note –

   You cannot create a Location Organization without assigning a parent Organization to it.

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6. Select an organization to as the parent organization.

   The Organization being created becomes the suborganization of the parent Organization.

7. Click Save.

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   Note –

   An alternative method for selecting a parent organization for an organization is by clicking the Actions button corresponding to an organization and choosing Add Regular Organization or Add Location from the menu. To select a Regular Organization as the parent organization, choose Add Regular Organization from the menu. If you want to select an organization of type Location as the parent organization, choose Add Location from the menu.

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To Create Users under an Organization

Users can have “member of” association with an organization.

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

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

   All the existing organizations are listed.

3. Click Actions button corresponding to an organization.

4. Choose Add User from the menu.

5. Type the name and other details for the user.

   By default, the user is assigned to the same organization. To change the organization for the user, or to assign the user to more organizations, click the Organizations link under User Information.

   • Click Select to select another organization for the user.

   • Click Remove corresponding to an organization to remove user from the organization.

6. Click Save.

   The user is created.

7. Update the User Information, Identification, and other details of the organization.

8. Click Save.