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Groups help manage users’ access to channels. Each group defines which users can access which channels, and at what permission levels. Roles can also be assigned to groups to provide all of the users in the group with the same role permissions. For more information, see Group roles.
Visibility and management of group features depend on your assigned role. Only users with Write or Manage permissions for Channel Groups/Subchannel Groups can create or manage groups.
For more information, see Permissions.
If your organization syncs with an external federated user directory service (such as LDAP or Active Directory), those directory groups appear within Anaconda Platform as well.

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Creating a group

Creating a group makes you the group owner.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select Create Group.
  3. Enter a unique name and provide a brief description for your group, then select Save.

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Managing groups

As a group owner, you can manage access permissions for group members and channels.

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Viewing groups

Select a group to view which channels and users are members of the group and what permission levels they have.
Use the search field to locate a group by name.

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Adding group members

Adding a member to a group grants them access to any role permissions and channels assigned to the group.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select your group.
  3. Select Add Members.
  4. Enter a username in the search field to find a member, then select the user to add them to the group. Repeat this process until all members have been added to the group.
  5. Assign permission levels for each member you’ve added to the group, then select Save.
    Permissions assigned to group members here are strictly for managing the group itself.

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Removing group members

Removing a member from a group revokes their access to any role permissions and channels assigned to the group.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select your group.
  3. Select Remove beside the username you want removed from the group.
  4. Select Remove to confirm that you want to remove the member from the group.
You can remove multiple members at once by selecting the checkboxes for all users you want removed from the group, then selecting Remove (#) at the top of the table.

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Editing group member permissions

Member permissions can be updated without removing them from the group.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select your group.
  3. Select Edit Permissions beside a username.
  4. Update the permission levels for the user, then select Save.

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Assigning group channels

Assigning a channel to a group grants group members access to that channel at the specified permission level.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select your group.
  3. Select Assign to Channel.
  4. Open the Channel dropdown and select a channel.
    Only channels you own appear in the dropdown.
  5. Assign the permission level for group members to have for the channel, then select Save.
You can assign multiple channels to a group, but you must add them one at a time.

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Removing group channels

Removing a channel from a group revokes group members’ access to that channel.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select your group.
  3. Select the Channels tab.
  4. Select Remove beside the channel you want to remove.
  5. Select Remove to confirm that you want to remove the channel from the group.

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Deleting a group

Deleting a group removes access to all channels assigned to the group for all group members. Any role permissions supplied by the group are also removed.
Only the group owner can delete the group.
  1. Open the user dropdown and select Groups.
  2. Select Delete group beside the group you want to delete.
  3. Select Remove to confirm that you want to delete the group.