What are Group Settings?

'Group Settings' are the permissions that are set up for each user within the group.  This includes the Drives, Views and Plugins to which each user within the group is given access.  It also includes Group Drive Permissions. 

Setting Group Settings

To set an existing group's settings, you must be a member of the admin group.  If so, proceed as follows:

• Click on Tools / Users

   

The Security Administration dialog box will then pop up.  Ensure that you are in the Group tab.

    

• Select the group by clicking on the name of the group.

In the Group admin box, there are then two tabs, Details and Drive permissions.

Details tab

    

• Select the Drives to which you want the group to have access.  To select more than one, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each one.
• Select the Views that you want the group to have.  To select more than one, hold down the Ctrl  key while clicking on each one.

• Select a Default drive from the drop-down menu.
• Click the Create user view checkbox to allow the users within the group to have permission to create their own views.

• Select any plugins from the Plugins list, if you wish to allow the group to have access to the functionality exposed by the plugin.  To select more than one plugin, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each plugin.
• Click Update

The message 'Group Information Updated' will be returned.

Click here to learn about the Drive Permissions tab.