Importing User Groups
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.

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.
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Click User Groups and then click Import User
Group in the task area.
Result:The Import User Group dialog is opened.
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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. - 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.
- 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.
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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.