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# Create User Group

This section describes steps to create a new user group.

* Click the ***New*** option given on the ***Security*** page.
* Select the ***Group*** option from the context menu.

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* The ***New Group*** window opens asking for information about a new group.
* Provide the following information to create a new User Group:

  * **Group Name:** Enter a name for the user group (The group name should not exceed 20 words).
  * **Description:** Describe the user group (optional) (The description should not exceed 150 words).​

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### **Add User(s) to Group**

* Click the ***Assign*** option to add the existing users to the newly created group.​

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* The ***Add Users to Group*** window opens with a list of all the existing users in that space.
* Select User(s) by using a checkmark in the box from the displayed list of users.

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### **App Permissions**

* Click the ***Assign*** option to add various app permissions to the newly created group.      ​

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* The ***App Permissions*** window opens with the list of the available apps to select the App Permissions.
* Either choose the ***Select all*** option to add all the permissions or manually Assign various plugin/app rights by manually selecting the specific plugin options to the newly created User Group via the ***App Permissions*** menu list.

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### **Folder Permissions**

* Click the ***Assign*** option provided next to the Folder Permission option.      ​

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* The ***Folder Permissions*** window opens with the list of the Folder Permissions to be selected for the group.

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### **File Permissions**

* Click the ***Assign*** option provided for the File Permissions.      &#x20;

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* The ***File Permissions*** window opens with the list of the File Permissions to be selected for the group.

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* After adding users and allowing the required Permissions to the new group, click the ***Create*** option for the new User Group.&#x20;

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* A confirmation message appears.
* The newly created group will be listed under the ***All Group*** list (as shown below):

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Please Note:

* You will get a common ***Save*** option to save all the provided permission settings.
* Use a checkmark in the given box for the ***Select all*** option to select all the existing users.
* The default user groups do not have the ***Edit*** and ***Block*** icons –E.g., Viewer Role and Admin Role.

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{% endhint %}
