You can create a sub-group within an existing group. Sub groups are helpful in further classifying a particular group. For example, a support team can be divided into members working on different shifts, day and night. You can use the sub-groups to organize your groups into smaller manageable units.
A sub-group will function similar to a group. Members of a group do not automatically become members of a sub-group within the group. Every member has to explicitly be invited or added in the sub-group as well. The administrator/owner of the group becomes a member of the sub- group by default.
To create a new Sub Group, follow these steps:
Click the
on the left navigation bar of the HyperOffice window.Click the Group Memberships icon. The Active Memberships page appears.
Click the administration link of the group you want to create the sub-group under.
The Group Administration page appears.
Click the create new subgroup link to create a new sub-group within this group.
The Create Subgroup page appears.
Complete the following fields for your group, then click the Create Subgroup button:
Type the name of your group. It is good practice to use descriptive names for a group like Administration, Finance, Sales, etc. The group name will be unique for the groups within the company. This is a required field | |
Password |
Specify a password to be used by members when joining this group. The password will make it mandatory to get authorization or information regarding the group, to be able to join the group and authenticates new users. |
Password (verify) |
Type your password in again to verify its authenticity. |
Description |
The description field stores information about the group. All additional information of the activities of the group and the details of the type of members of the group can be defined in the description of the group. |
Mission |
The mission of the group defines the objective of having the group. Both description and Mission are useful fields in understanding the groups at a later point in time and also remove complexity of group interaction by removing redundancy. |
Members of the group may invite their friends |
To enable this option; select the checkbox next to the field. This feature enables members of the group to invite other members to join the group. By default this checkbox is not selected, meaning that only the Administrator/owner of the group can invite other members to join the group. |
Member of the group may view all sub groups |
When this option is selected, the members of the group can also see all the subgroups. By default this option is not selected. |
Members may join only if invited |
This option restricts users from directly joining this group. When you want to restrict access to only members you select, you can select the checkbox next to this option. Only when you invite the members to join the group explicitly, will they be able to join the group. By default this option is not selected. |
Allow group members to see all members |
This option allows the members of a group to see all the other members in the group. By default this option is selected. To active this option, select he checkbox next to the field. |
Group has a links section |
This option is selected and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the shared links module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a contacts section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the shared contacts module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a calendar section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the shared calendar module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a shared documents section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the shared documents module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a chat section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the chat module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a tasks section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the shared tasks module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a voting section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the voting module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Group has a forums section |
This option is checked and added by default. When the checkbox is selected, the forums module for the application is activated for this group. For removing this option, deselect the checkbox. |
Default User Permissions |
The default user permissions option defines the options you can give to the members of the group for Tasks, Contacts, Calendar, Voting, Links, and Forums. There are five different options that can be selected from the drop-down lists to assign user permissions, they are:
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Default Permission for Shared Documents |
You can define the permissions for shared documents by selecting the checkbox next to the permission you want to assign. By default all the options are enabled for a new group. The different permissions you can assign are:
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