Manage user groups
You can create user groups and manage user group and entity membership.
You must have the required symplr Provider security to manage user groups.

You can assign a symplr Provider user to a user group with shared group access rights and responsibilities. To create a symplr Provider user group and add access to file types, complete the following steps.
- Open the User Groups - Master Setup system form.
- On the symplr Provider toolbar, click New.
- In the User Group section, in Group Name, type the name of the user group.
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In the Advanced Rights section, complete any of the following substeps.
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To give the user group access to symplr Provider, select Interactive Session - Allow Access.
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To give the user group access to optional modules, select WEB Sessions - Allow Access.
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- In the Security - Files section, set group access to specific file types.
- Select Forms, then select Add
.
- In Add Forms, select one or more forms, then click OK.
- Optional. In the grid, adjust the user group's access rights to individual forms as necessary by selecting or clearing the check boxes for each access right displayed.
- Repeat the above steps for queries, documents, reports, and the other file types listed on the tab in the Security - Files section.
Warning!
Shared file types (symplr Provider Documents, Reports, and so on) are driven by shared queries. Anything changed in the Results, Filters, or Linked Items of a shared query will be changed for all user groups and entities that share the query. This may significantly alter or "break" multiple shared files. When a user attempts to make such a change to a shared query, a Warning dialog appears and lists all documents drawing information from the shared query.
- Select Forms, then select Add
- In Online Data Viewers - Security, set the default provider view for the user group.
- To show all providers, select Show all providers.
- To show a subset of providers, complete the following substeps.
- Select Show only those providers in the queries below:Note
Filtering Active is enabled by default.
- Optional. Add
or Remove
queries from the grid.
- Optional. View Details
to assign an Action to a query.
- Select Show only those providers in the queries below:
- Optional. In Security - Flat Files, Add
or Remove
any flat files.
- To allow editing rights to a flat file, click View Details
, then select Edit.
- To allow editing rights to a flat file, click View Details
- Click Save.

To add a user to a user group, complete the following steps.
You must have the required symplr Provider security to add a user to a user group and must have already created the user you want to add. See Manage users for instruction.
- Open the Users - Master Setup system form.
- In Select User, select the user from the list, then click OK.
- In Account Settings,click Add to Group
.
- In Find User Group, select a user group, then click OK.
- Click Save.

To remove a user from a user group, complete the following steps.
You must have the required symplr Provider security to remove a user from a user group.
- Open the Users - Master Setup system form.
- In Select User, select the user from the list, then click OK.
- In Account Settings, click Remove from Group
.
- Click Save.

A user group must be granted access to the entity as part of the master setup record for the entity.
You must have the required symplr Provider security to add a user group to an entity and must have already created the user group you want to add.
- Open the Entities - Master Setup system form.
- Select an entity, then click OK. (for multi-entity users only)
- In the User Groups section, click Add
.
- In Add User Groups, select one or more user groups, then click OK.
- Click Save.

You can remove a user group from an entity, or disable entity access for future use.
To remove a user group access using either of these methods, complete the following steps.
- Open the Entities - Master Setup system form.
- In the User Groups section, in the grid, select the user group you want to remove, then click Remove
.
- In Remove User Group, perform one of the following actions.
- To remove the user group and its associated settings from the entity, click OK.
- To retain the group but remove access to the entity, complete the following steps.
- Click Cancel.
- In the User Groups section, uncheck Entity Access for the group.
- Click Save.