BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Creating a group

Groups are collections of users who share the same account privileges. For instance, you may create groups that are based on department, role, or location. Groups enable you to change the rights for users in one place (a group) instead of modifying the rights for each user account individually. Also, you can assign object rights to a group or groups.

For information on object rights, see "Managing objects overview" on page 441. For information on granting users and groups administrative rights to other groups, see Granting access to users and groups.

After creating a new group, you can add users, add subgroups, or specify group membership so that the new group is actually a subgroup. Because subgroups provide you with additional levels of organization, they are useful when you set object rights to control users' access to your BusinessObjects Enterprise content.

To create a new group

1. Go to the Groups management area of the CMC.
2. Click New Group.
3. On the Properties tab, enter the group name and description.
4. Click OK.