Only admin users can add a new user group. For more information, go to User access types and user groups.
A user group has specific access and permissions beyond the standard user roles and permissions. Permission types include Alarms, Dashboards, Visuals, Folders, Themes, and more. For example, you can have a user group with access to a set of tables and folders and give read, write, delete, create and execute permissions by table or folder.
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Select the Minitab Connect button
to open the Navigation
pane.
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Open the System tab
.
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Under Tools, open the User Groups tab
.
- You can create a new user group and specify its access, or you can edit existing user groups.
- To add a new user group, select
Add New User Group and specify the group name and
permissions. - To edit an existing user group, select the group that you want to modify, and then make your changes.
- To add a new user group, select
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Select Save
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Example of new user group for dashboards
Complete the following steps to create a user group with access to a set of dashboards and give read, write, create, and delete permissions by dashboard. The first dashboard is a summary dashboard with read permissions. The second dashboard is a detailed dashboard with read, write, create, and delete permissions.
- Select the Minitab Connect button to
open the Navigation pane.
- Open the System tab .
- Under Tools, open the User Groups tab .
- Select
Add New User Group.
- Under Name, enter Test Dashboards Group.
- Add permissions for the summary dashboard.
- Under Permissions, select Add Permission.
- Under Type, select Dashboard.
- Under Dashboard, select Summary Dashboard. You can select more than one dashboard to share the same permissions.
- Under Access, select Read.
- Add permissions for the detailed dashboard.
- Under Permissions, select Add Permission.
- Under Type, select Dashboard.
- Under Dashboard, select Detailed Dashboard.
- Under Access, select Read, Write, Create, and Delete.
- Under Add Suggested Additional Access, select Yes. When you select Create, additional resources, such as folder access, may be required.
- Select Add.
- Select Save
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