====== Groups ======

Here you will find complete group administration within your domain.

Groups allow you to aggregate users or other groups into a single object to simplify the configuration of shared settings.  
For example, you can assign permissions to a group, which will then be inherited by all objects within that group.  
Each group can contain 0 to N objects and can also be a member of 0 to N other groups. A group may include users or groups from a different domain.

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**Main actions:**
  * **Edit Group** – allows you to modify the parameters of an existing group {{:cs:mervis-scada:30-portal:portal_edit_proj_icon.png?20|}}
  * **Delete Group** – allows you to delete an existing group {{:cs:mervis-scada:30-portal:portal_delete_proj_icon.png?20|}}

**Buttons:**
  * **Create Group** – opens a modal window for creating a new group  
  * **Group Membership** – opens a modal window to assign the currently selected group into other groups  
  * **Members of Group** – opens a modal window to assign users and groups into the currently selected group  
  * **Change SCADA Permissions** – opens a modal window to assign SCADA permissions for the currently selected group

===== Create Group =====

Modal window for creating a new group.

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In this window, you can configure the group's parameters:
  * **Name** – name of the group  
  * **Guid** – unique group identifier (generated automatically if not provided)  
  * **Description** – group description

===== Group Membership =====

Modal window for configuring membership of the current group in other groups.

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  * **1** – list of all groups in the domain  
  * **2** – list of groups that the current group is a member of  
  * **3** – controls for moving groups between lists 1 and 2  
  * **4** – full-text search field  
  * **5** – total number of groups (or filtered groups)  
  * **6** – button to display hidden groups  
  * **7** – control for adding the current group to an external group (must be entered as `domain_name\external_group_name`). You must have the appropriate permissions in the external domain, or the action will fail.

===== Members of Group =====

Modal window for configuring the members of the currently selected group.

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  * **1** – list of all users and groups in the domain  
  * **2** – list of members of the currently selected group  
  * **3** – controls for moving items between lists 1 and 2  
  * **4** – full-text search field  
  * **5** – total number of users and groups (or filtered results)  
  * **6** – button to display hidden users and groups  
  * **7** – control for adding external users and groups (must be entered as `domain_name\external_user_name` or `domain_name\external_group_name`)

===== Change SCADA Permissions =====

Modal window for configuring SCADA permissions for the selected group.  
Detailed instructions for using this window can be found here (link).

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