Populating groups

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The group builder supports several methods of adding members to Guardium® groups.

Procedure

  1. Open the group builder by navigating to Setup > Tools and Views > Group Builder.
  2. Click the New icon to create a new group, or select a group from the Group Builder table and click the Edit icon to edit an existing group.
  3. Select the Members tab of the Create new group or Edit group dialog.
  4. Populate the group by using one of the following methods:
    • Click the New icon to manually define group members.
    • Use the Import menu to add group members by using one of the following methods:
      • From CSV
      • From group
      • From external datasource
      • From query
      • From LDAP
      • 12.2.x and later From IKC (IBM® Knowledge Catalog)
      Restriction: The following restrictions apply when importing group members by using the From query or From external datasource methods:
      • When using Run Once Now, the maximum number of imported members is 5,000 rows. This is not configurable.
      • When using a schedule, the maximum number of imported members is 20,000 rows by default. You can configure this limit with the CLI command show/store populate_from_query_maxrecs. For more information, see Configuration and Control CLI Commands.
      Tip: After the group is configured, import actions that can be scheduled appear as tabs on the Create new group or Edit group dialog. One-time actions such as Import from CSV cannot be scheduled and do not introduce a new tab to the dialog.
    • Some group types also support advanced methods for populating groups, including the following:
      • Using stored procedure analysis on datasources
      • Using database dependencies
      • Using reverse dependencies
      • Using observed procedures
      • Generating selected objects
      Note: Advanced import actions are invoked on a target group that is populated based on the results of analysis performed on a user-selected input group.

What to do next

Troubleshooting: Managing groups with more than 1 million members consumes significant system memory. If you need to import, load, edit, or save very large (1 million or more members) groups, make sure that the following resources are available:
  • Linux and UNIX: 2GB of free memory per million group members.
  • Windows: 500MB of free memory per million group members.
If you have insufficient free memory, you might experience inexplicable problems such as UI hangs, Chrome crashes, or the following error message: Operation could not complete due to database error.