Creating a Person Group
A Person Group is a list of persons belonging to the same group. These persons share the same connection characteristics.
For detailed information on:
• connecting persons belonging to a group, see Managing Person Groups Rather than Persons:
• the types of person groups, see Authentication Group.
• the characteristics of a person group, see Person Group Properties.
• the characteristics of the login of a person group, see Login Properties (Person Group).
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 Person groups management page.
2. Click New 
.
.The Creation of Person Group - Characteristics window pops up.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the person group.
Example: Marketing.
4. (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.5. (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.6. Click OK.
The person group is created and added to the list of person groups.
The login of the person group is automatically created and used for configuration purposes only. A person belonging to a group connects with his/her own login. You must define this person group, see Defining a Person Group.