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Creating a New User Group

You must be the AIM administrator or have AIM Admin Setting privileges to create a user group. When you create a user group, the User Group table appears without the Associated Device Groups table displayed.

To create an AIM user group, follow these steps:

Click Settings > User Groups. The User Group page appears. The User Group table is empty until you add a new user group.
Click Add New. The User Group page appears.
In the Name field, type a unique name for the user group.
In the Users table, select the users you want to add to the user group.
Click Save Changes. This saves the new user group settings. For more information about the User Group page, see User Group Page Description.
The Associate Device Groups table appears below the User’s table.
Click Associate Device Groups. The Associate Device Groups page appears. Device groups can be associated with one or more user groups.
Select the device groups that you want to associated to the user group. Click Save Changes. The User Group page appears with the selected users and the device groups that have been associated with the AIM user group.
Click Save Changes. The new user group appears in the User Groups table.
Repeat Steps 2 through 8 to create more user groups. For more information on the User Groups table, See Associate Device Groups Table Element Descriptions and User Group Table Elements Descriptions.

User Group Page Description

Table 57 describes the User Group page columns.

Table 57: User Group Page Element Description

Element	Description	Privileges	Enabled/Disabled	Results
Save Changes command button	Saves the user group.	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Error message is displayed if settings were not saved
Name field	Unique user group name.	AIM Admin Settings	32 characters	Blank
Users Table	Displays the names of existing AIM users from which you can select to be in the new user group.	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Selected users will be associated with this User Group when you click Save Changes
Associate Device Groups table	Lists the existing AIM device groups by name, organization, and devices that are included.	Not allowed to modify	Enabled if admin privileges	N/A
Associated Device Groups table command button	Displays the Associate Device Groups page, from which existing device groups can be selected for association to this user group.	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Displays page to set which device groups are associated

User Group Table Elements Descriptions

Table 58 describes the User Group table elements.

Table 58: User Group Table Command Button Description

Button Name	Description	Privileges	Enabled/Disabled	Results
Add New	Displays User Group page used to add a new AIM user group. When you first add a user group, the User Group table is empty and the Associate Device Group table does not appear.	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Displays User Groups page
Delete	Deletes a selected user group	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Deletes user group from User Group table and the database

Table 59 describes the User Group table columns.

Table 59: User Group Table Column Descriptions

Name	Description	Privileges
Name	Unique name of user group. Click user group name link to view the User Group page so you can modify the user group name, users, and associated device groups.	Not allowed to modify
Users	List of existing users selected to be in user group.	Not allowed to modify
Device Groups	List of existing device groups that have been associated with the user group	Not allowed to modify

Associate Device Groups Table Element Descriptions

Table 60 describes the Associate Device Groups table command button.

Table 60: Associated Device Groups Table Command Button Description

Button Name	Description	Privileges	Enabled/Disabled	Results
Save Changes	Saves modifications to a user group in the Associate Device Groups table.	AIM Admin Settings	Enabled if admin privileges	Device groups selected are associated with the user group, then the User Group Detail page appears.

Table 61 describes the Associate Device Groups table columns.

Table 61: Associated Device Groups Table Columns Descriptions

Name	Description	Privileges	Enabled/Disabled
Name	Name of the device groups available to associate.	Not allowed to modify	N/A
Organization	Name of the organization with which the device group is associated.	Not allowed to modify	N/A
Device	Lists the devices that are included in the device group.	Not allowed to modify	N/A

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