Group Management

You can create and delete groups, and manage the users that you assign to a group. You can also collectively manage the users that belong to a group. For example, you can configure their participation in projects and roles.

Note:

To enable group management, the following conditions must be met:

  • A user has the Administrator role.
  • The authentication process is performed using global user management, and global tokens are acquired.
  • For group management operations, global user management is used with global tokens.

Creating a Group

Create a group in a domain. Items that you can specify are as follows.

Note: Although you can create multiple groups in a domain, you cannot assign a group to another group.
Table 1. List of Items That Can Be Set for Groups
Item Description Required
Group Name

Specify the name that identifies the group

Important: The group name must be unique within the domain.
 Yes
Group Description Specify a description of the group to be created  
Domain ID

Specify the ID of the domain where you wish to create the group

Tip: Specify the domain to which you belong.
 Yes

Changing Group Information

Change the settings of an existing group. The items that you can change are as follows:

Table 2. List of Items That Can Be Set for Groups
Item Description Required
Group Name

Specify the name that identifies the group

Important: The group name must be unique within the domain.
 Yes
Group Description Specify a description of the group to be created  
Domain ID

Specify the ID of the domain where you wish to create the group

Tip: Specify the domain to which you belong.
 Yes

Adding/Deleting Users in a Group

You can specify users to add to a group or to delete (exclude) from a group.

Deleting a Group

Delete an existing group.

Important: Even if you delete a group, the users that belong to that group are not deleted.

Limiting Values

Table 3. List of Limiting Values Related to Domains, Projects, Groups, and Users
Item Limiting Values
Number of Projects 1,000 per domain
Project Name
  • Length: 4 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Plus sign (+), equal sign (=), comma (,), dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)

  • Case sensitivity: No
Number of Groups 100 per project
Group Name
  • Length: 4 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Plus sign (+), equal sign (=), comma (,), dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)

  • Case sensitivity: No
  • Uniqueness constraint: Uniqueness is required within a domain
Number of Users
  • 100 per group
  • 100,000 per domain
User Name
  • Length: 4 - 246 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    Dot (.), at mark (@), hyphen (-), underscore (_)
User Password
  • Length: 16 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters, single-byte spaces, and the following symbols:

    !#$%&()*+-.=?@[]_{}~

  • Complexity constraints

    • Must not contain the user name
    • Must include at least 1 alphabetic character
    • Must include at least 1 numeric character
  • Case sensitivity: Yes
Email Address
  • Length: 5 - 64 characters

  • Available character type: Alphanumeric characters and the following symbols:

    !#$%&'*+-./=?@^_`{|}~