Using Groups to Manage Application Express Users

You can create groups to restrict access to various parts of an application. Keep in mind, however, that groups are not portable over different authentication schemes. Groups are primarily useful when using Application Express Authentication (Internal Cookie User authentication).

Topics:

Creating a Group
Editing an Existing User Group
Viewing Group Assignment Reports
Adding Users to a Group
Removing Users from a Group

Creating a Group

To create a new group:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
From the Administration list, click Manage Application Express Users.

The Manage Application Express Users page appears.
Click the User Groups tab.

The User Groups page appears.
On the User Groups page, click Create.

The Create/Edit User Group page appears.
Specify a group name and description, and click Create Group.

Editing an Existing User Group

To edit an existing group assignment:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
From the Administration list, click Manage Application Express Users.

The Manage Application Express Users page appears.
Click the User Groups tab.

The User Groups page appears.
Select the group you want to edit.

The Create/Edit User Group page appears.
Make the appropriate edits and click Apply Changes.

Viewing Group Assignment Reports

To view a report of user group assignments:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
From the Administration list, click Manage Application Express Users.

The Manage Application Express Users page appears.
Click the User Groups tab.

The User Groups page appears.
From the Manage Groups list, click User Group Assignments.

The User Groups Assignments report appears.
To edit a user group assignment, click the Edit icon.

The Edit User page appears.
Scroll down to User Groups and select a new group and click Apply Changes.

Adding Users to a Group

To add a user to a group:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
From the Administration list, click Manage Application Express Users.

The Manage Application Express Users page appears.
Select a user.

The Edit User page appears.
Scroll down to User Groups.
Select a new group and click Apply Changes.

Removing Users from a Group

To remove a user to a group:

Navigate to the Workspace home page.
From the Administration list, click Manage Application Express Users.

The Manage Application Express Users page appears.
Click Existing Users.

The Existing Users page appears.
Select a user.

The Edit User page appears.
Scroll down to User Groups.
Deselect the group you wantto remove the user from and click Apply Changes.