How do I create a user group?
Answer
Users groups can be used to give different privileges to different types of users (faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, community borrowers, etc.). To create a new user group, you will need either the User Administrator or General System Administrator role. You'll need to both add the new user group to the User Groups code table and configure the new user group's row in the
1. Go to Configuration | User Management | Patron Configuration | User Groups
2. Enter a code for the user group into the Code field, enter a name for the user group into the Description field, change the Default Value setting to No, click the Add Row button, and then click the Save button.
3. Go to Configuration | User Management | Patron Configuration | User Record Type/User Group
4. Click the Add Row link, select the user group you just created from the User Group dropdown, select Public from the first User Record Type dropdown, select Staff from the second User Record Type dropdown, click the Add Row button, and then click the Save button.
