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Working with Groups

On the Groups page, you can review the list of groups in your organization.

You can see group names and their assigned roles. As an organization administrator, you can import groups

into your organization, delete groups from your organization, and modify the role of a group.

Import a Group

An organization administrator can import LDAP groups or groups from an SAML identity provider to an

organization.

Contact a system administrator to configure LDAP settings for your organization.

Prerequisites

The LDAP settings for the organization must be set up and working or you must have the organization

configured to use an SAML identity server.

Procedure

1 Click Administration.

2 In the left pane, select Members > Groups.

3 Click the Import Groups button.

4 Select the Source to import from.

If your organization has only an LDAP server or SAML provider configured, the source is read-only.

Option Description

LDAP

Import groups from an LDAP server.

a Type a full or partial name in the text box and click Search Groups.

b Select the groups to import and click Add.

SAML

Import groups from an SAML provider. Type the group name or names and

click Add. Separate multiple groups with carriage returns.

5 Select a role for the group.

All the users in the group assigned this role.

6 Click OK.

The group is imported in your organization.

Delete a Group

An organization administrator can delete a group to remove it from the organization.

Deleting a group from an organization affects users who are members of the organization based solely on their

membership in the deleted group. These users will not be able to log in to the organization. When you delete

a group from an organization the group still exists in LDAP.

Procedure

1 Click Administration.

2 In the left pane, select Members > Groups.

3 Select a group, right-click, and select Delete.

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