Navigating to Delegated Group Config

As a system admin you can delegate the management of groups to users, either by direct authorization or by authorizing a group of users. To navigate to this area Confluence administration > Users and Security > Custom Space USer Management > Delegated Group Config or follow the steps below.

Step 1

System admins use Confluence administration which can accessed by via the cog in the top right of the tool bar

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Further down the list you can find the Users and Security heading

Step 2

In the Custom Space User Management configuration use the navigation bar to select Delegated Group Config

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In this example the user “Sir Admin” and all the users in the group “animals” are now able to add and remove users from the group “colours”. Such management can be done from Space > Space tools > Custom Space User Management > Delegated Groups. The instructions for how to do this can be found here

Removing authorized users and groups

To remove the authorization of any users or groups you need to select the delegated group, then you can either select the users and groups (these tables feature multi select) or don't and fill in the users/groups manually in the dialogue box afterwards, then press the ‘De-authorize’ button.

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When you’re happy with your selection(s) press the De-authorize button.

Removing a delegated group

You can only remove one delegated group at a time, just select the group to remove and press the remove group button.

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Click Remove to confirm the removal of the delegated group.

Adding users to a delegated group

Below you will learn how to add and remove users from a delegated group.

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The user(s) will now appear in the table on the right and they will also be added to that group in confluence.

Removing users from delegated groups

To remove a user from a delegated group you first need to select a delegated group and either click the Remove User button or select the users from the table then click the remove user button.

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