14.1 Creating a Group

If you have an administrative role in the identity applications, you can create a group.

  1. In the Identity Manager Dashboard, go to People > Groups.

  2. Click +.

  3. Specify values for the following required attributes:

    Attribute

    What to Specify

    Name

    The group name for this new group.

    Description

    A description of this new group. The description is used as a group search criteria in the Dashboard.

    Container

    An organizational unit in the identity vault under which you want the new group stored (such as an OU named groups). For example:

    ou=groups,ou=MyUnit,o=MyOrg

    To learn about using the buttons provided to specify a container, see Creating a User.

    NOTE:You won’t be prompted for Container if the system administrator has established a default create container for this type of object.

  4. Click Create.

    When the group is created successfully, the Group Members panel is displayed that allows you to add the users to the newly created group.

  5. To add users to the group, click + icon that is beside the group members.Select the required users in the modal window.

  6. Click Add.