Navigating to the Groups Search Page

12-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Adaptive Access Manager

12.10 Creating a Group

The process for creating a group involves: 1. Defining a Group 2. Adding Members to a Group

12.10.1 Defining a Group

The same group name cannot exist across the group types. For example, if an action group called Block exists, you cannot create user name group called block. The steps for defining a group are: Group Name and Group Type are required fields.

1. In the Navigation tree, double-click Groups. The Groups Search page is

displayed.

2. From the Groups Search page, click the New Group button or icon.

Table 12–4 Summary of Group Characteristics Group Group Member Type Cache Create Edit 1 Actions Struct Yes No No 2 Authentication Status Long Yes No No 3 Connection type Long Yes No No 4 Connection speed Long Yes No No 5 Routing Type String Yes No No 6 Transaction Status Struct Yes No No 7 Alerts Struct Yes Yes Yes 8 Generic Integers, Generic Strings, Generic Long Integer, String, Long Yes Yes Yes 9 ASN String Yes Yes Yes 10 IP Carriers String Yes Yes Yes 11 Top-level Domains String Yes Yes Yes 16 Second-level Domains String Yes Yes Yes 12 Cities String Yes No No 13 Countries String Yes No No 14 States String Yes No No 15 ISPs String No Yes Yes 17 Device ID Long Yes Yes Yes 18 IPs IP Yes Yes Yes 19 IP Ranges Struct Yes Yes Yes 20 User Name String Yes Yes Yes 21 UserId groups String Yes Yes Yes Managing Groups 12-9 Alternative methods to open create pages are listed in Section 3.9, Search, Create, and Import. The Create Group screen is displayed. 3. In the Create Group screen, enter a group name and description. The group name must be unique.

4. From the Group Type list, select a group type.

The types are listed in Table 12–1 Figure 12–3 Create Group screen

5. Set the cache policy to Full Cache or None.

6. Click OK to create the group or Cancel to disregard the changes.

If you click OK, a new group is created. A confirmation dialog is displayed.

7. Click OK to dismiss the dialog.

The Group Details page for the new group is displayed. Now, you can add members to the new group.

12.10.2 Adding Members to a Group

You can add members to a new or an existing group. Because there are multiple group types, the procedure you perform to add members to a group depends on the group type. Refer to the following tables for the appropriate procedure for the group you are creating. Note: ISP groups cannot be cached.