Before you begin
You have already created several users of the same type from the
Users page. For more information, see Adding a user.
About this task
Information noteNote: To perform these actions via the MetaServlet application, use the
createUserGroup,
addUserToUserGroup and
listUserGroup commands. For more information about the
MetaServlet parameters, see
Parameters and actions in metaServlet.
Procedure
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On the User Groups page, click the Add a user
group button on the User Groups panel of
the page.
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In the User Group window that opens, give a name, a type,
corresponding roles (if necessary) to your user group and select Big
Data Enabled if it applies, then click
Save.
Example
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On the Users panel of the page, select the users you
want to add in your group, then drag and drop them in the corresponding group of
the User Groups panel.
Note that:
- You can select multiple users with the Ctrl and
SHIFT keys.
- Master Data Management users can be added to Master Data Management,
Data Management or Data Integration groups, Data Management users can
added to Data Management or Data Integration groups, and Data
Integration users can only be added to Data Integration groups.
- Only users with the Big Data Enabled option
selected can be added to a Big Data Enabled group.
- For Talend Data Preparation and Talend Data Stewardship users: Data Preparation-only and Data
Stewardship-only users (with no related project) can only be added to
Data Preparation and Data Stewardship groups respectively, whereas
hybrid users can only be assigned to the group type corresponding to
their own user type (a hybrid Data Preparation or Data Stewardship+Data
Integration user can be assigned to a Data Integration user group, for
example).
Results
Your user group is created and populated with the users you have
selected.
Information noteNote: The
User Groups page refreshes automatically every 30 seconds
by default. You can adjust the frequency of the auto refresh by editing the value of
the admin.userandgroup.conf.uiAutoRefreshFrequency property in
seconds in the database configuration table. If it is set to 0, the auto refresh is
disabled. Note that you need to restart the database server for the changes to take
effect.
What to do next
Now that your user group is created, you can assign it to a project of the same type.
For more information, see Authorizing users on projects.