Manage User Groups
Groups are used to grant permissions to users for specific actions in MashZone NextGen. If you are using the default MashZone NextGen User Repository, MashZone NextGen administrators add and manage user groups in the Admin Console. If you have configured MashZone NextGen to use your LDAP Directory as the User Repository, you define and manage user groups in your LDAP Directory.
User groups contain of a set of users. Groups also have one or more permissions assigned.
Built-in MashZone NextGen groups have a set of permissions predefined that allow users to work in the
MashZone NextGen Hub and the
AppDepot with
one exception: the permission to run mashable information sources, mashups and apps is assigned by
user-defined groups. See
Built-In
MashZone NextGen User
Groups and Permissions for details.
Note: MashZone NextGen administrators and artifact owners automatically have permission to run all artifacts or the artifacts they own respectively.
User-defined groups are groups that administrators add to
MashZone NextGen. These groups are used to grant run permissions to group members for the specific artifacts that the group has been added to.
MashZone NextGen administrators can also automatically grant run permissions to groups to run all apps, all mashups, all mashables or any combination. See
Automatically Grant Run Permissions to Users and Groups for information.
1. If needed, open the Admin Console.
2. Expand the Users and Groups tab and click Groups.
A list of groups displays. You can filter this list by entering part of a group name and clicking Search.
3. Click Add new user group and:
a. Enter a unique name in the Group field.
b. Click Add Group.
c. Add more groups or click Done to close this form.
4. To delete a user group, click 
Delete and confirm this. Important: Do not delete any of the built-in groups for MashZone NextGen: Presto_Administrator, Presto_Developer, Presto_PowerUser, Presto_AuthenticatedUser or Presto_Guest.