All users must be assigned
to exactly one group. Therefore, groups revolve around
a permanent Master List, which acts as
a default group for all users that are not assigned to
any other group. Additional groups can then be defined
to enable user roles or restrict access to fields or entire
projects. Users can be easily added to new groups by selecting
them in the drop down list. Users can be removed from
a group by selecting them in the Master List
or any other group.
Each group defines a set of projects that are visible
to all users who are assigned to that group. If a project
is selected, only issues in that project will be visible
to users in that group. If no projects are selected (the
default), then all projects are actually visible. Hiding
issues by project is a very useful way to separate different
customers in a system (or users that only work on specific
projects), so that they can only see their own issues.
Field controls can be set up to hide or restrict access
to specific fields. These controls are defined in the
on the Field Control page accessible
from the Admin Menu page and are controlled
by changing attributes that are set for different groups.
Fields can be set as Read/Write, Read
or Hidden.
To create a group, enter a group name, select any users
you wish to have in the group, and then select the projects
that you would like users within this group to access.
Selecting multiple entries on a list is browser dependent,
but on a Windows machine using Internet Explorer or Netscape,
presing the CTRL key while selecting
an entry will select and/or deselect a particular item.
If other groups are already configured, they appear in
the Group Visible list. If you would
like users within this group to see users in another group,
select these other groups in the Groups Visible
list. Select users to import into this group
in the last list. Users can also be assigned to groups
by administrators from the User Administration
page, as well as by editing a group and importing additional
users into that group.
The Hide Users From Others in Group
checkbox helps limit the users who can be assigned issues
in the system. When this is checked, users are not able
to see any other users in their group. This limits their
actions because the can only assign issues to visible
users. These users are visible through the visible groups
selection. This allows you to create groups for managers
and others. |
