Redmine

h1. Managing Groups

As of 0.9, Administrators can define groups of users in Redmine.

Groups can be added as members of projects just like regular users, using the same [[RedmineRoles|Roles]] too.

When adding a user to an existing group, this user inherits of all of the group privileges.

h2. Creating groups

To create a group, do the following:

# Click Administration

# Click Groups

# Click New Group

# Type the name of your group in Name

# Click Create

h2. Adding members and associating projects

To add members to a group, do the following:

# In Administration >> Groups

# Click the name of the Group you wish to change.

# You'll see 3 tabs: General, Users, Projects

** General 

*** Change the name by editing the Name field

** Users

*** Add users by checking the username box for each user

*** Click Add

** Projects

*** Select a project from the pop-up menu

*** Set the Role

*** Click Add

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Figure 1: Example Group Users tab

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Figure 2: Adding Members to a Group

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Figure 3: Example Group Project tab

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Figure 4: Associating a group to a project (from the Group context)