Managing Groups

 

Groups are a convenient tool to help you manage your devices. If you have multiple devices that you want to apply the same settings to, you can create a group of those devices and give it a name. Then you can apply policies to the group instead of to each device individually, which will save you time. Groups appear in the Groups section, and can be accessed in the Hub by clicking the Groups button on the Devices page. For more information about assigning settings to a group, see Assigning Policies.

To view or create a group, select a customer in the drop-down menu, go to the Devices page and click Groups. If you want to set up a device group hierarchy, you can create a device group as a subset of another group. This can help you mirror a detailed device organizational structure and apply program settings at a granular level.

Default Device Group

A default group is provided for you. This is the parent group and, although you can rename it, you cannot delete it. All new devices are placed in the default group when you add them to your network, unless you specifically add the device from within another group you have created. As soon as a device is added to a group, it assumes the protection of the policy for that group. You can change the name of the default group and the policy that applies to it by selecting the configuration icon next to the group name.

Adding Groups or Subgroups

1. If you would like to only manage groups for a specific site/customer, select a customer in the drop-down menu
2. Click Groups, then do one of the following:
   • To create a new group, click + Group at the top of the panel
   • To create a subgroup, click the More (three dots) button beside the group you would like to be the parent group, then click Create a Subgroup 
     • Subgroups inherit the properties of their parent groups by default, but you can edit the group at any time.
3. Type a group name
4. Click Apply

Editing Groups

1. If you would like to only manage groups for a specific site/customer, select a customer in the drop-down menu
2. Click Groups
3. Click the More (three dots) button beside the group you would like to modify
4. Choose what you want to edit :
   • Select Rename to change the selected group's name
   • Select Move to Another Group to change the selected group's parent group
5. Make your changes
6. Click Apply

Deleting Groups

Any devices in the group need to be removed from it before the group can be deleted.

1. If you would like to only manage groups for a specific site/customer, select a customer in the drop-down menu
2. Click Groups
3. Click the More (three dots) button beside the group you would like to delete
4. Click Delete
5. Click Delete This Group