What is a Group?

Understand what groups are in ProcessMaker Platform.

Overview

In ProcessMaker Platform, a group is a set of users and/or other groups that have the following attributes:

• All members of the same group are assigned the same set of permissions. Permissions are additive with those configured for individual users: if a group has permissions that group members do not have in their user accounts, those users are granted those group permissions. See Permission Descriptions for Users and Groups.

• Optionally, one or more groups can be selected so that the group's members can start and/or cancel Requests associated with a Process. See Edit Process Configuration and Add and Configure Start Event Elements.

Use groups to flexibily manage multiple users and multiple groups to more easily organize roles, user types, or other categories within your organization.

Attributes of Groups Within Groups

Organize multiple groups within one group to more flexibly manage permission categories.

See these best practices when organizing groups.

The following attributes apply to configuring multiple groups within another:

• Notifications: When a member of one group triggers an event, such as starting a Request, all members in that group receive the notification. To more flexibly manage notifications across follow this best practice. For email notifications, the Send Email package must be installed.

• Task assignment to the Group Manager: When a Task is assigned to the group manager, that Task assigns to the group manager configured to the parent group. The group managers to the child groups within the parent group are ignored.

Related Topics

View GroupsSearch for a GroupEdit a GroupDelete a GroupCreate a New GroupPermission Descriptions for Users and GroupsConfigure a Process