Managing groups
A group can associate a collection of roles and data permissions to users.
If you have the needed rights, you can create, modify, or delete groups at any time.
Note: The Super Administrator group is created along with each new Oracle Infinity account. Its members have access to all functionality provisioned for the account.
In this topic, you'll learn about:
Creating a group
If you have the needed rights, you can create groups.
To create a group:
- Click Settings.
- From the side bar, select Groups.
- Click Create Group.
- Enter a unique group name.
- Select one or more available roles for this group.
- (Optional) Select one or more available data permissions for this group.
- Click Save.
Tip: If a needed role or data permission does not already exist, you can click the option to create a new role or data permission from the available lists.
Modifying a group
If you have the needed rights, you can modify groups.
To modify a group:
- Click Settings.
- From the side bar, select Groups.
- Click the group name in the Name column.
- Click the edit icon at the top right of the panel that opems to modify the selected roles and data permissions.
- Make your changes.
- Click Save.
Deleting a group
If you have the needed rights, you can delete groups. However, you cannot delete the Super Administrator group.
Important: You can only delete groups that have no associated users. If you delete a group, make sure that you do not leave its users without the needed roles and data permissions.
To permanently delete a group:
- Click Settings.
- From the side bar, select Groups.
- Click the group name in the Name column.
- Click the delete icon at the upper-right of the panel that opens to remove the selected role.
Viewing a group's users
If you want to find out who belongs to a group, you can click the link in the Users column to display a list.
To see group members:
- Click Settings.
- From the side bar, select Groups.
- Click the user count in the group's Users column to display a list of the group's users.