User groups can be imported by domain and by organizational unit. This makes
importing user groups into M-Files quicker and easier. M-Files can check for new and deleted user group members
periodically.
User groups can be imported from the domain to the vault, allowing
existing user groups in the domain to be used for specifying permissions to
vault content.
Complete the following steps to import user groups:
Open M-Files Admin.
In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
Expand Document Vaults.
Expand a vault.
Click User Groups and then click Import User
Group in the task area.
Result:The Import User Group dialog is
opened.
Select either:
Choose from list to select the user group using
drop-down menus. In Domain, select the desired
domain. In Organizational unit, select the desired
organizational unit within that domain. Finally, in User
group, select the user group that you want to
import.
or
Enter Name. This option is especially useful if
you have so many user groups that searching the correct one from list is
hard. Enter the name of the user group in the format
<domain>\<user group> and
click Show.
Result:The list area in the dialog is populated with the members of the
selected user group.
Optional: Check the Include users from nested groups check box to be
able to import login accounts from nested groups within the selected user
group.
Result:The list area in the dialog is populated with the members of the
selected user group and the members of any user group nested within the selected
user group.
Using the License type for new login accounts drop-down
menu, select the license type for the login accounts of the users to be
imported.
For more information about license types, see License type.
Optional: Select the Check for new and deleted members every 15
minutes check box if you want to keep the user group up to date
and import new users automatically when they are added to the group.
Click OK to import the selected user group.
The selected user group is imported to the selected vault and it is added to the
User Groups list. In addition, new login accounts are created
for new users.