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Enter the new name for the space group within the New Name text field and then press Rename to rename the group. The pop-up window will close once the renaming process has completed, the newly renamed group will then be shown in the list of space groups within CSUM.
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From version 3.1.15:
If you attempt to rename a space group to the name of another existing space group then a warning prompt will appear informing you that you can continue or cancel the space group rename. If you continue, the space group to be renamed will be merged with its permissions transferred into the existing space group which already has the entered new name and the space group with has been renamed will then be removed on completion. However, if you press cancel then the space group rename will not take place.
If the group task has failed for any reason, you may be able to see both the original space group and the new space group. However, now you can attempt this rename again without expecting any issues.
You can now view the last time a group rename task was updated in the Tasks tab. If a rename has been inactive for more than 15 minutes, if you attempt this rename again, the first task will be cancelled and the new rename task will be queued to try and finish this group rename.
You can now also see the initial group name and the new group name for which an existing group rename task has been given from the above mentioned Tasks tab within a group renames tasks information.
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While a space group has a rename task in the queue or currently running, you can not modify this group until the rename has finished, whether successfully or not. |
Why does my Group Rename take a long time?
As explained, Confluence does not currently have a built in way to rename a group, meaning that all Group Permissions and Content Permissions must be copied over from the existing groups settings. In order to retrieve this information, we must loop through all Spaces, along with checking (and transferring) Content Permissions on a per-page basis. For large instances, this may cause a delay when renaming a group (Even if the group does not have Permissions outside of its Space). See Tasks for further information on how group rename tasks are scheduled to run in the background.
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