About Groups

The following actions are available for Groups:

    Creating Groups

    Modifying Groups

    Viewing Groups

    Deleting Groups

Creating Groups

To create a group with the RiskBand ARIES Manager:

1. In the navigation pane, under the Organization section, right-click Groups

and select Create Group.

The Create Group dialog box appears. This dialog box contains the following tabs where you can enter information:

    General

    Policies

The following tables describe the fields that are available on these tabs:

Table 20:    Components of General Tab in Create Group

Component

Required/

Optional

Description

Organization

Required

From the drop-down menu, choose the organization that gthe roup will belong to.

Division

Required

From the drop-down menu, choose the division that the group will belong to.

Name

Required

The name of the group. Maximum 80 characters.

Device Name Prefix

Required

This prefix will display on every RiskBand device that is registered with the group. Maximum 7 characters.

Description

Required

A description of the group. Maximum 512 characters.

Table 21:    Components of Polices Tab in Create Group

Component

Required/

Optional

Description

Assigned Power Management Policy

Required

Using the drop-down menu you can choose the power management policy that will be applied to all devices that are assigned to users in the group. For more information about power management policies see About Power Management Policies.

The inherited settings from the organization and the division appear below this field.

Unassigned Power Management Policy

Required

Using the drop-down menu you can choose the power policy that will be applied to all unassigned devices in the group. For more information about power management policies see About Power Management Policies.

The inherited settings from the organization and the division appear below this field.

Device Firmware Policy

Required

Using the drop-down menu you can choose the device firmware policy that will be the default for all the devices in the group. For more information about device firmware policies see About Firmware Policies.

The inherited settings from the organization and the division appear below this field.

Device Security Policy

Required

Using the drop-down menu you can choose choose the device security policy that will be the default for all the devices in the group. For more information about device security policies see About Security Policies.

The inherited settings from the organization and the division appear below this field.

Emergency Response Policy

Required

Using the drop-down menu you can choose the emergency response policy that will be the default for all the devices in the group. For more information about emergency response policies About Emergency Response Policies.

The inherited settings from the organization and the division appear below this field.

    Components of the GEOS Emergency Contact Tab — these fields contain contact information for the group. The fields are identical to those in the Organization GEOS Emergency contact information; however, the content you will enter is specific to the group that is being created or modified. Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of GEOS Emergency Contact Tab in the Create Organization Dialog Box

2. Choose the options from the fields and drop-down menus on the screen, and after you are finished click OK.

The group is added to the content pane.

Modifying Groups

To modify a group:

1. In the navigation pane, under the Organization section, click Groups.

2. From the Groups content pane, right-click the Group you want modify and select Modify Group.

The Modify Group dialog box appears which contains the following tabs:

    General — Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of General Tab in Create Group.

    Policies — Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of Polices Tab in Create Group.

    GEOS Emergency Contact — these fields contain contact information for the group. The fields are identical to those in the Organization GEOS Emergency contact information; however, the content you will enter is specific to the group that is being created or modified. Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of GEOS Emergency Contact Tab in the Create Organization Dialog Box

3. After you have finished modifying group information, click OK.

The Modify Group dialog box closes.

Viewing Groups

To view a group:

1. In the navigation pane, under the Organization section, click Groups.

2. From the Groups content pane, right-click the Group you want view and select View Group.

The View Group dialog box appears which contains the following tabs:

    General — Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of General Tab in Create Group.

    Policies — Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of Polices Tab in Create Group.

    GEOS Emergency Contact — these fields contain contact information for the group. The fields are identical to those in the Organization GEOS Emergency contact information; however, the content displayed is specific to the group you are viewing. Field descriptions for this screen can be found in Components of GEOS Emergency Contact Tab in the Create Organization Dialog Box

3. After you a finished viewing the settings, click OK.

The View Group dialog box closes.

Deleting Groups

To delete a group:

1. In the navigation pane, under the Organization section, click Groups.

2. From the Groups content pane, right-click the Group you want to delete and select Delete Group.

3. Confirm that you want to delete the group by clicking OK.

The group is deleted.