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You can assign roles to your custom group, but it is not necessary in all cases. For example, you can
create a custom group called Machine Specification Approvers, to use for all machine pre-approvals. You
can also create custom groups to map to your business groups so that you can manage all groups in one
place. In those cases, you do not need to assign roles.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Administration > Users & Groups > Custom Groups.
2
Click the Add icon ( ).
3 Enter a group name in the New Group Name text box.
Custom group names cannot contain the combination of a semicolon (;) followed by an equal sign (=).
4 (Optional) Enter a description in the New Group Description text box.
5 Select one or more roles from the Add Roles to this Group list.
The Authorities Granted by Selected Roles list indicates the specific authorities you are granting.
6 Click Next.
7 Add users and groups to create your custom group.
a Enter a user or group name in the Search box and press Enter.
Do not use an at sign (@), backslash (\), or slash (/) in a name. You can optimize your search by
typing the entire user or group name in the form user@domain.
b Select the user or group to add to your custom group.
8 Click Add.
Users who are currently logged in to the vRealize Automation console must log out and log back in to the
vRealize Automation console before they can navigate to the pages to which they have been granted
access.
Create a Business Group
Business groups are used to associate a set of services and resources to a set of users. These groups
often correspond to a line of business, department, or other organizational unit. You create a business
group so that you can configure reservations and entitle users to provision service catalog items for the
business group members.
To add multiple users to a business group role, you can add multiple individual users, or you can add
multiple users at the same time by adding an identity store group or a custom group to a role. For
example, you can create a custom group Sales Support Team and add that group to the support role. You
can also use existing identity store user groups. The users and groups you choose must be valid in the
identity store.
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