Add a Permission Group that Includes a Member Group

This is the Add icon.

This is the Show members icon.

This is the Hide members icon.

*This example will show how to configure a Permission Group that includes individual users and member groups. We will grant these users all video abilities on all servers and cameras, as well as Library access. We will skip the External and Admin Settings tabs.

1. Click the Add Permission Group button in the top-right corner of the Permission Group list. A New Permission Group screen will open.

The General Settings Tab

1. Enter a name and a description for the new Permission Group in the Group Name and Group Description fields.
2. To add member Permission Groups to this Permission Group, click on Search for member groups to open a drop-down list of existing Permission Groups. Find and click on a Permission Group. As soon as you select a member group, another list will appear so you can make another selection (if needed).
   1. Press Esc if you don’t need to make another selection.
   2. To remove a Permission Group, click the X to the right of the member group name.

*When you add a Permission Group as a member Permission Group, it will automatically inherit the permissions of the main Permission Group.

*The software provides two locations at which you may assign user permissions. With the User feature, you assign permissions (indirectly) by selecting the Permission Group(s) to which the user belongs. With the Permission Groups feature, you assign users as members of Permission Groups with specific abilities and access. You don’t have to select any members immediately upon adding a Permission Group, but until you do, the Permission Group will essentially be inactive.

3. You may add individual members, if needed. (If you need to pull one or more users from an external system, use the External Group Mappings tab for that.)
4. When all of your group members have been selected, click on the Permissions tab to continue configuring the Permission Group. (This group is not going to be an Administrator group, so we can skip the Admin Settings tab.)

The Permissions Tab

1. To assign specific, limited permissions for this Permission Group, use the Permissions Granted and Permissions Revoked features. (For more details, please refer to the previous topic.)

The Other Permissions Tab

With the Other Permissions tab, you have the option of granting access to the Library. Members of this group will be able to view and delete Library items. Members will also be able to create Library items for the cameras to which they have access.

1. To configure Library access for this Permission Group, mark the checkbox to the right of the Library heading.

Finalizing the Group

1. After all of the permissions are set, press the Save Group button.

Here is a view of a Permission Group with individual users and member groups.

2. When the Permission Group appears in the Permission Groups list, click the Show Members icon to display all of the users in the member group.
   1. Click the Hide members icon to conceal them.