Adding Groups

If a directory service domain is configured in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, groups can be imported from the directory service and assigned roles. Membership in a group is managed entirely through a directory service, therefore, a user entered manually through FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications cannot be made a member of a group. Groups cannot be created manually through FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications.

A user who has permissions in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications only because he is a member of a FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications group does not appear in the Users view.

Users assigned a role with the View and Manage Users permission can view, add, and edit FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications groups.

To import a group from a directory service:

From the Admin tab, under Users , click Show Groups to display the** ** Groups page.
Click the Add Group button above the Groups table.
From the choice list, select the domain that contains the group to add. Click Next .
Search for and select one or more groups to import from the directory service. Select multiple groups only if you plan to assign them all the same roles. Only a small amount of group information will be imported from the directory service to the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications database; authentication of a user in the group is done by contacting the directory service. Click Next .
The group to be imported is displayed. Leave the Status of the new group Active. Assign at least one role to the group.
Click Finish . When the new group is saved, a user in that group has access in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications conferred by the group’s roles.
Verify in the Groups page that the group was added.