Grouper TrainingEnd Users

Admin UI – Part 5

Shilen Patel

Duke University

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• Groups•Composite groups•Group types

•addIncludeExclude group type•Attributes

• Audit log

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Contents

• Three types•Union• Intersection•Complement

• To make a new composite group, the left group and right group must be in your Group workspace.

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Composite groups

• To convert an ordinary group into a composite group:• Add the left and right groups into your

Group workspace.•Click on the “Manage members” link.•Click on the “Create composite group” link.

• If the group has direct members, they will be removed.

• Select the left group, right group, and composite type.

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Composite groups (continued)

• Groups can have group types associated with them allowing the groups to have additional capabilities.

• Some built-in group types facilitate in creating other groups to make the group easier to manage.

• Other group types allow attributes to be added to the group.

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Group types

• Built-in group type; not enabled by default.• Facilities in creating include and exclude

groups.• Click on “Edit group” to add group types.• Example:

– Staff– Staff excludes– Staff includes– Staff system of record– Staff system of record and includes

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addIncludeExclude group type

• As of Grouper 2.1, there are 2 different attribute frameworks.• The newer attribute framework cannot be

managed in the Admin UI.• The older attribute framework can be

managed in the Admin UI.• After adding a group type with attributes

associated with it to a group, you will see an “Edit attributes” link.

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Attributes

• If you have the ADMIN privilege on a group, you can view its audit log.

• Click on the “Audit log” link.• You can filter by date and sort.

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Audit log

Click on the quiz link in the video description to reinforce your knowledge of this topic.

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Quiz

Thanks!

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