In the groups side of the User Manager, click in the groups table, membership table, and buttons below to perform various Windows group management tasks. You can review, add, and delete groups, and in any group, you can add or remove members.
Starting in AX-3.5, Workbench and the NiagaraAX platform daemon changed for a Windows host, such that only domain groups are
shown in which the current user is a member, vs. all possible domain groups. Previously, it was found that on a large domain
(e.g. a corporate domain with thousands of domain groups), platform daemon issues resulted that prevented proper loading of
views such as the User Manager. This could also affect User Authentication dialogs launched from the Platform Administration
view.
Click any existing group in the User Manager to see user members in the table below (Figure 108).
All users for the selected group are shown.
Click the button in the User Manager for a popup dialog, as shown in Figure 109.
AX-3.5 and later hosts limit shown domain groups to those in which the current user is a member.
In this dialog you must type a name for the new group. Click in the users checklist to designate which Windows users the new group should have as members.
By default, the users checklist is “filtered” to reduce entries as follows:
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List only local accounts — Any domain users and groups do not appear.
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List only users — Groups do not appear.
As needed, click these checkboxes to add or remove these choices in the users checklist.
When you click , the new group is added and appears in the groups table.
You cannot delete any Windows “Built-In” group.
In the User Manager, click to select one or more groups (press Ctrl and click to select multiples). Then click the button for a confirmation dialog, as shown in Figure 106.
When you click , the selected group(s) is deleted and removed from the groups table.
Select (click) a group in the User Manager, then the button for a popup (Figure 111).
Only users not already members of this group are listed. Click in the users checklist to designate which Windows users the group should have as members.
By default, as in the New Group dialog (Figure 109), the users checklist is filtered to not list domain users and groups. If needed, click these checkboxes to add or remove these choices in the users checklist. When you click , the group’s membership is updated with the member(s) you added.
You can also drag and drop users (rows in users table) onto groups (rows in groups table).
Select (click) a group in the User Manager, then in the membership table, select one or more users. With the user(s) selected, click the button for confirmation dialog (Figure 112).
When you click , the selected user(s) is removed that group’s membership.