Oracle® HTML DB
Release 2.0
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Managing Groups

Workspace administrators can create groups to restrict access to various parts of an application. Keep in mind, however, that groups are not portable over different authentication schemes. Groups are primarily useful when using HTML DB Authentication.

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"About HTML DB Account Credentials" for information about implementing HTML DB Authentication and "Managing Users"

Creating a Groups

To create a new group:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace home page.

  2. Click the Administration icon.

  3. Click Manage HTML DB Users.

  4. Click Create Group.

    The Create/Edit Group page appears.

  5. Specify a group name, description, and click Create Group.

Editing an Existing Group

To edit an existing group:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace home page.

  2. Click the Administration icon.

  3. Click Manage HTML DB Users.

  4. Click Existing Groups.

    The Existing Groups page appears.You control how the page displays by making a selection from the View list. Available options include:

    • Icons (the default) displays each group as a large icon. To edit a group, click the appropriate icon.

    • Details displays each group as a line in a report. To change the group name or description, click the appropriate name.

  5. Make the appropriate change and click Apply Changes.

Viewing Group Assignment Reports

To view a report of user group assignments:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace home page.

  2. Click the Administration icon.

  3. Click Mange HTML DB Users.

  4. Click User Group Assignments.

    The User Groups Assignments report appears.

Adding Users to and Removing Users from a Group

To add a user to a group:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace home page.

  2. Click the Administration icon.

  3. Click Mange HTML DB Users.

  4. Click Existing Users.

    The Existing Users page appears.

  5. Select a user.

    The Edit User page appears.

  6. Scroll down to User Groups.

  7. Select a group from the Groups list.

  8. Click Apply Changes.

To remove a user to a group:

  1. Navigate to the Workspace home page.

  2. Click the Administration icon.

  3. Click Mange HTML DB Users.

  4. Click Existing Users.

    The Existing Users page appears.

  5. Select a user.

    The Edit User page appears.

  6. Scroll down to User Groups.

  7. Deselect the selected group in the Groups list.

  8. Click Apply Changes.