Creating User Groups

Creating user groups and configuring their access permissions, resources, and administrator accounts allows administrators to manage a large number of users.

Perform the following steps to create user groups.

  1. Go to Administration > Administration > Admins and Roles.
  2. Select the Groups tab.
  3. Select the system domain, and click Create.
    The Create User Groupis displayed.
  4. Configure the following options:
    1. Permission
      1. Name: Type the name of the user group you want to create.
      2. Description: Type a short description for the user group you plan to create.
      3. Permission: Select one of the access permission for the user group from the drop-down menu. You can also grant admin permission to generate guest passes. Select the Custom option to manually assign role-based permission in the Resource tab page.
      4. Account Security: Select the account security profile that you created to manage the administrator accounts.
      5. Click Next.
    2. Resource: From Select Resources, choose the resources that you want to assign to this user group. If you have selected Custom permission option in the previous step, you can assign the required permission (Read, Modify or Full Access) to these resources. The resources available are SZ, AP, WLAN, User/Device/App, Admin, Guest Pass, MVNO and ICX. Click the icon and they appear under Selected Resources now. Use the icon to deselect the resources assigned to the group. To select the right set of resource permission, refer to Resource Group Details.
      Note: To create User Groups, migrating Domain User Roles prior to 3.5, with DPSK permissions, Users must be granted with "User/Device/App" resource.
    3. Click Next.
    4. Domain: Select the domain from the list of domains to which this user group will be associated. From Select Domains, choose the domains you want to assign to this user group. Click the

      icon and they appear under Selected Domains now. Use the icon to deselect the domains assigned to the group.

    5. Click Next.
    6. Administrator: From Available Users, choose the users you want to assign to this user group. Click the

      icon and they appear under Selected Users now. Use the icon to deselect the users assigned to the group.

      You can also create Administrator Accounts by clicking the icon. The Create Administrator Account page appears where you can configure the administrator account settings. You can edit the user settings by clicking the icon and delete the user from the list by clicking icon.
    7. Click Next.
    8. Review: Verify the configuration of the user group. Click Back to make modifications to the configuration settings.
    9. Click OK to confirm.
You have created the user groups.
Note: You can also edit and delete the group configuration by selecting the options Configure, and Delete respectively, from the Groups tab.

In this section:

  1. Resource Group Details
    The Resource Group table lists the resources available for each Resource Category. This helps the users to select the right set of resource permission for the Admin type.
Parent topic: Managing Administrator and Roles