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Prerequisites

You are assigned the Workspaces System Administration role.

Context

In the user management tools, the default search option is to search for users only. To enable searching for groups as well, you must first configure a number of properties. When search for groups is enabled, the user must first specify whether to search for users or for groups.

Note

When search for groups is enabled, this affects both User Management in Workspace Settings as well as Member List modules.

Procedure

  1. In the portal, navigate to Start of the navigation path Workspace Administration Next navigation step Configuration End of the navigation path.
  2. Choose the Features tab.
  3. Under Search for Groups, configure the following properties:

    • Enable Search for Groups: Select true to enable search for groups.

    • Expand Search Results: Select true to enable expanding groups to view their members.

    • Start Location: Specify the unique object ID of the user management data source from which to start searching for groups, using the following format: GRUP.CORP_LDAP.ou=<organizational unit>,dc=<domain component>. For example: GRUP.CORP_LDAP.ou=finance,dc=mycompany

    • Start Location Type: Select the type of the start location: Group, Role or Folder.

    • Search Filters: Specify one or more group IDs by which to filter search results. You can specify either a full ID, or its prefix followed by an asterisk, for example: admin*.

      Note

      To avoid errors, copy the group IDs from the portal UME.

  4. Save your changes.