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Groups Overview:

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Confluence Groups:

Confluence groups are created and managed by Confluence Administrators. Space administrators cannot add or remove members of Confluence groups.

Confluence groups can have any naming convention.  

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Custom Space User Management (CSUM) Groups:

CSUM groups are created by space administrators,. Space admins can add and remove members of these groups.  Most of the groups that you will encounter other than the confluence-users group will be a CSUM group.

CSUM groups follow the naming convention: spacekey-groupname.

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Creating a Group for your Space (CSUM Group)


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titleNavigate to the CSUM Users and Groups Custom Space User Management page (click here to see morehow).
  • Select "Space Tools" in the bottom left corner of your screen
  • Select "CSUM Users and GroupsCustom Space User Management"

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Granting Space/Page Permissions to a Group
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titleCreate a new group and add users (Click here to see how).
  • Enter a name Select "Create group
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  • Enter the name you would like to name the group in the "Add Group Name" field. 
    • The name will be displayed as spacekey-name
    • If you For example if your space key is test and you chose admins as the name of the group it will be displayed as test-admins.
  • If you wish to start the group with users, you can enter them in the "With Users" field
    • Enter the user's EID in this field
    • To add multiple users please separate the EIDs with a comma (eid1, eid2, eid3)
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Adding/Deleting Members to your Group

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Adding/Deleting Members to your Group


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titleSelect the Group (click here to see how).
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titleAdd users to the group (click here to see how).
  • Select "Add users" 
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  • Search for a user by using their name or EID, click on the name or press enter/return to select the appropriate user.
  • You can add multiple users
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  • Select "Add" at the bottom of the Add users window.
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titleRemove Users (click here to see how).
  • Select the users you would like to remove, to select more than one you can CTRL/CMD click on the names.  When selected they will appear blue/grey.
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  • Select "Remove users".
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  • Select "Submit" near the bottom of the remove users window to remove the selected users.  
Warning

Users with accounts that have been disabled due to non-use will show up with a "DEACTIVATED" bar next to their name in the list.  

You can add these users to your groups, but they will not be able to log into the wikis until they contact the UT Service Desk and request to be re-enabled.

They can email help@wikis.utexas.edu or call 512-475-9400.



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Granting Space/Page Permissions to a Group





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titleNavigate to the Space Tools section (click here to see how).
  • Select the "Space tools" tab near the bottom left corner of the screen and select "Permissions"
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titleAdd/Remove Permissions (click here to see how).
  • Select "Edit Permissions"
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  • You can add a new group to your space by searching for the name of a group  
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  • To remove a group deselect all permissions
  • To grant specific permissions for a group click on the checkbox for the appropriate permissions
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  • After all permissions or groups have been added/removed, select the "Add" button.
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For descriptions of Space Permissions, please view this page: Space Permissions Explained


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