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Learn how to administer the product.
Administering HCL Compass
Learn how to administer the HCL Compass.
Managing user accounts
Use the User Administration tool to set up and administer users and user groups. HCL Compass stores information about users and user groups in the user database and schema repository.
Working with user groups
Creating a user group
Users can be combined into user groups to simplify administration.

Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
- Administering HCL Compass
  Learn how to administer the HCL Compass.
  - Reconfiguring Compass to use a different JRE
    When you change the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for HCL Compass, you must reconfigure the product to make it work with the new JRE.
  - Managing databases
    Describes the different types of databases that the administrator can create and manage
  - Managing user accounts
    Use the User Administration tool to set up and administer users and user groups. HCL Compass stores information about users and user groups in the user database and schema repository.
    - Viewing database subscriptions
      You can determine which users and user groups have been granted access to a specific database.
    - User privileges
    - Working with users
    - Working with user groups
      - Creating a user group
        Users can be combined into user groups to simplify administration.
      - Adding users to a group
        You can add users to a group.
      - Combine groups
        You can combine groups by adding them to a larger group.
      - Removing users or groups from a group
        You can remove users or groups from a group.
    - User access to actions
    - Exporting and importing users and user groups
    - Administering users in a MultiSite environment
  - Configuring query limits on result sets
    You can configure query limits on the size of result sets to improve system performance, availability, and scalability.
  - Using LDAP with HCL Compass
    Overview of user authentication methods available with HCL Compass.
  - Workspace folder permissions overview
    HCL Compass uses a role-based access control (RBAC) model for enforcing workspace folder permissions. The workspace folder permissions feature requires that your schema repository and user databases are at feature level 6 or later.
  - Optimistic and pessimistic record locking
    Overview of optimistic and pessimistic locking implementations in HCL Compass.
  - Configuring Compass core logging and tracing
    This section describes how to configure logging and tracing for Compass core.
- Administering HCL Compass Web
  This section discusses how to administer HCL Compass Web.
- Administering HCL Compass Multisite
  Administering HCL Compass Multisite

Creating a user group

Users can be combined into user groups to simplify administration.

Before you begin

You must have User Administrator or Super User privileges to create a user group.

Procedure

Start the Designer. Then click File > User Administration.
In the User Administration window, click Group Action > Add Group.
In the Add Group window, type a name for the new group.
If you are using HCL Compass MultiSite, select Mastership.