Edit Group field descriptions

Last Updated : Dec 30, 2020 |

Edit Group

You can edit a group. However, you cannot edit the following fields:

  • Type

  • Group Membership

Field

Description

Name

The unique name of the group.

Type

The group type based on the resources. The options are:

  • <Resource>: To create a group with members of the same resource type.

  • All: To create a group without any restrictions on the members of the group.

Group Membership

The group type based on the resources.The options are:

  • Query Based: To create a group that contains resources that match a specific query criteria. Query-based groups can have resources only of a specific type. You can create only resource type query groups. Thus, these groups cannot have subgroups.

  • Selection Based: To create a group that contains resources based on static assignment. The groups can have subgroups. Subgroups and parent group might have members of the same resource type or different resource types.

Note:

You cannot change the group after you create a group.

Description

A brief description of the group.

Button

Description

Commit

Saves the changes in the database.

Cancel

Discards the changes that you made on the Edit Group page and displays the Group Management page.

Define Query

The page displays the following fields when you select Query Based for creating group members:

Field

Description

Name

The name of the resource.

Type

The resource type.

Define Query

Displays the following fields:

  • Field 1: The list of criteria that you can use to search resources.

  • Field 2: The list of operators for evaluating the expression. The list of operators depends on the criterion that you selected in Field 1.

  • Field 3: The value corresponding to the search criteria.

Button

Description

+

Adds a row for defining a new search condition.

Removes the row that defines the search condition.

Execute Query

Runs the query and fetches resources matching the search conditions defined in the query. The page displays the resources in the Results section.

Note:

The system displays the Execute Query button only when you create a query-based group.

Assigned Resources

The page displays the following fields when you select the Selection Based option for creating group members:

Field

Description

Name

The name of the resource

Type

The type of the resource

Button

Description

Assign Resources

Displays the Resources page where you can search and assign resources to a group

Remove

Removes the selected resources from the list of assigned resources