Creating a Person Group
A Person Group is a list of persons belonging to the same group.
For detailed information on:
• connecting persons belonging to a group, see Managing Person Groups Rather than Persons:
• the types of person groups, see Person group types.
• the characteristics of a person group, see Person Group Properties.
• the characteristics of the login of a person group, see Properties of a Person Group Login.
A person group depends on an environment. To create a person group, you must connect to the environment to which the persons are attached.
To create a person group:
1. Access the User Management pages.
2. You can create:
• either a non-predefined person group:
Select the Person Groups sub-folder and go to step 4.
• or a predefined person group:
Select the sub-folder:
Person groups by profile to create a person group automatically connected to the profile that you are going to select.
Person groups by writing access area (available if several writing access areas are available) to create a person group automatically connected to the writing access area that you are going to select.
Person groups by reading access area (available if reading access management is activated) to create a person group automatically connected to the reading access area that you are going to select.
3. In the edit area, select the profile, the writing access area or the reading access area that you want to connect to the group.
4. Click New 
.
.The Creation of Person Group - Characteristics window opens.
5. In the Name field, enter the name of the person group.
Example: Marketing.
6. (With the HOPEX Power Supervisor technical module) In the Writing access area field, use the drop-down menu to select the value for the writing access area for the group.
The Writing Access Area field appears only if there are several writing access areas.7. (With the HOPEX Power Supervisor technical module) In the Reading access area field, use the drop-down menu to select the value for the reading access area for the group.
By default, at creation, the group is connected to the "Standard" reading access area.This field only appears if reading access management has been activated.8. Click OK.
The person group is created and listed in the Person Group tab.
You must define this person group, see Defining a Person Group.