Group Properties

The following properties apply to any Group created in a system as a group object.

Access Domain

Indicates the group affiliation(s) to apply to determine the search results returned on an item search.


Note

The values assigned to Access Domain affect not only item search results but all access to items, for example folders.


In the value field, select one of the following values:

Access List

Maintains a list of users and groups who have access to the specific Group object. The list identifies the names and groups with access to the Group and shows the access rights assigned to each user or group.

For each new group, the system adds the following default user/group access settings:

Added by User

Displays the name of the person who added this group to the library system. The system identifies and maintains this property value. It is not modifiable. The added by user receives Owner access rights to the new group.

Comment

Contains up to 224 characters of text and is user supplied and user modifiable.

Content Search Threshold

Determines whether to do a content search or property search first, when both types of criteria are specified for a search. This threshold indicates that if the number of content search hits returned by a search is greater than the threshold value, the property-based search criteria are used first. If this value is less than or equal to the number of content search hits, the content search-based criteria are used first. If a Content Search Threshold property is not found, the default threshold value used is 100.

Date Added

Displays the date and time when this group was added to the system. The value is determined and maintained by the system.

Default Archive Category

Provides an initial value for the Archive Category property when adding new protected Item objects.

This property appears in User objects, Group objects, and the System objects.

During the Add item process, the system checks these objects in the following order:

The first value encountered provides an archive category value for the new Item object.

To change the value, select a new value from the list. Selecting the blank line leaves the value blank.


Note

This property will have an initial value for a new Group object only if the group is added as part of a bulk-adding operation and a value is supplied for the Default Archive Category descriptor.


Default Index Versions

Specifies a default value for the Default Index Versions? property in Item objects. Select one of the following values from the drop-down list:

This property appears in User objects, Group objects, and the System object. The system checks these objects in the following order: User object, user's active Group object, and then System object. It uses the first value it finds to create the Default Index Versions? property in a new Item object.

Default Item Access List

Provides an initial set of entries for the access list of any new item object created by users with this group as their active group. This property appears in User objects, Group objects, and System objects. During the Add item process, the library system checks the default item access list in the three objects, in the following order:

The first access list entries found become the default access list for the new Item object. If the system fails to find a default item access list with entries, it assigns Owner access rights to the user adding the item.


Notes

The user adding the object always receives Owner access rights to it unless he/she is explicitly assigned other access rights in the default item access list attached to the new item object.

This value is user supplied and user modifiable.


Default Storage Category

Provides an initial value for the Storage Category property when adding new protected Item objects. This property appears in User objects, Group objects, and the System objects. During the Add item process, the system checks these objects in the following order:

The first value encountered provides a value for the new Item object. To change the value, select a new value from the list. Selecting the blank line leaves the value blank.


Note

This property will have an initial value for a new Group object only if the Group is added as part of a bulk-adding operation and a value is supplied for the Default Storage Category descriptor.


Display Language

Controls the display language.

Enabled

Enables users to change to this group or open a session using this group as their active group.

When the group is first added, the library system assigns an initial value of Yes. Administrators can change this value to No.

Group Membership

Displays the group's current members. You can add new users to the group to become group members. You can also remove existing group members. Modifications require either Admin or Owner access rights to the specific group object.

Group Name

Displays the unique name of this particular group. The value can be up to 32 characters. It is user supplied only in the interim object. Once the group has been added to the system, this value cannot be modified.

Imported Group Type (Windows only)

Indicates whether the group’s name and property information are imported from, and regularly synchronized with, the network domain group information. CS administrators can modify this property if maintenance procedures require it.


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Messages

Displays a set of operation and error messages for administrators only. The library system generates these asynchronous messages to keep you informed on system operation. Some messages are informational; other messages require action to ensure correct system operations or performance. Administrators can delete messages when the information they contain is no longer needed.

Primary Storage Manager

Indicates the Storage Manager for the system to use first when handling an operational request (for example, to check out or check in a version) generated by this group.

This property appears in User objects, Group objects, and the System objects.

During an operational request, the system checks these objects in the following order:

The library system attempts to use the first Primary Storage Manager value it finds. If this Storage Manager is unavailable, the system continues to check all the Storage Managers (in alphabetical order) until it finds a Storage Manager to handle the request.

Changing this value is restricted to users with Admin access rights to the group. You can change this value at any time by selecting from the provided list or by leaving the value blank.

Searches

Lists those searches saved as group searches. The library system maintains this group search list, revising it each time a user saves a new search as a group search or deletes an existing group search. If you belong to the specified group, you can open and use a listed search by double-clicking the search name.

Secure Searches

Enables or disables secure searches for active members of the group. This property value indicates whether a group member must have at least Viewer access rights to an item to have that item included in the results of one of his or her searches. A No value indicates that all items meeting the search criteria will be returned for a search, regardless of the user's access rights to those items. (However, the user must still have at least Viewer access rights to an item to see its associated Item object.) A Yes value indicates that only those items to which a user has at least Viewer access rights will be returned in the results of a search.