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Manage Groups

    Learn about group access, members and managing a group.

    A group represents a specific group of users and admins (e.g., a contact list). Using groups enables you to assign incidents, problems, changes and releases to multiple people (i.e., a group) rather than just 1 individual, and they can also be used in queries and reports. Members of a group can be from different companies and services, which allows easy communication across your entire account.

    Note: These features are available to account administrators only.

    About group access and members

    Groups can be given access to as many services as desired, and any user on the account can be added as a member. Each group can also customize their group settings for receiving email notifications.

    • Service access – Use the service tab to assign a group (and all of its members) to the desired service(s).
    • Group members – Use the members tab to add and/or remove users from group membership.

    Create a new group

    1. Go to Configure > Groups > Create New Group.
    2. On the New Group page,enter the information for each of the tabs (i.e., General, Services, Members).
    3. Click Save when finished.

    General tab

    • Name – Enter the name of the group.
    • Email Address – Enter the email address that is used to notify all of the group members.
    • Avatar – Upload a photo, icon or logo to represent this group. This avatar will appear within Service Desk records affiliated with this group.
    Note: You can upload any image size, but for the best quality it should be a .GIF, .JPG or .PNG file at least 61 x 61 pixels. It will be scaled down automatically.
    • Additional Details– Click to add additional contact information (e.g., contact phone numbers, address, job title, etc.).
    • Other Email Addresses – Enter individual group member email addresses, using commas for separation.
    Note: When replying to Service Desk via email, Service Desk will accept emails from any of these other email addresses in addition to the primary group email address.
    Group Settings
    • Check this box to set the preference that all emails (sent to the group email address) are sent to each group member's individual email address.
    Group Members
    Services
    1.  View current services assigned to the group.
    2. Click Add to jump to the Services tab.

    Services tab – Specify the group's service access, as listed above.

    Access to Services
    1. Use the search box to populate services by name.

    Members tab – Specify the groups members, as listed above.

    Members
    1. Select the members to add or remove from group membership. Once a user is added to a group, they are automatically given user-level access to that service.

    Edit a group

    1. Go to Configure > Groups > [select group].

    2. On the Group Account Details page, make the desired changes.

    3. Click Save when finished.

    Delete a group

    Note: Once deleted, the data will no longer be accessible within your account, however, the data remains stored within our system.

    1. Go to Configure > Groups > [select group].

    2. At the bottom of the Group Account Details page, click Delete Group.

    3. Click OK when prompted to delete the group.

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    Article last updated: 27 September, 2022