Groups

IBM® Content Manager OnDemand groups are a means to organize users of the system by function, authorization, or any other purpose that you might require. You do not have to assign a user to a group, however doing so can simplify administration of users with similar requirements and capabilities.

When you define a group, you can add users to the group and specify folder and application group permissions that are common to all of the users that belong to the group. The permissions determine the types of actions users assigned to the group can perform on the system.

When naming groups, the name that you specify:
  • Can contain one to 128 characters (bytes)
  • Cannot include the ' (apostrophe), * (asterisk), % (percent), + (plus), _ (underscore), [ (left bracket), ] (right bracket), " (double quote), or blank character
  • Can be mixed case. However, the case does not create a unique name (LaGuarde is the same as laguarde)
  • Must be unique to the server
You can assign a group owner. The group owner can add users to and remove users from the group. To maintain a group's application group and folder permissions, the group owner must have administrator authority for the application groups and folders or be an application group/folder administrator or a system administrator. If you do not assign a group owner, only a system administrator user can maintain the group.
Remember: These group definitions are not the same as IBM i group profiles, although the names can match if you find that easier to maintain.