User groups

User groups allow you to define user rights for multiple users at once. For example students can be given user rights without needing to modify each user's rights individually.

If you are using Single Sign-On (SSO), user groups can be linked with the user groups in your Active Directory (AD). When a user logs in via SSO, they are automatically given access to the appropriate user group. For any questions or issues related to SSO, please contact our support team support@trail.fi

Creating new user group

  1. Open Admin - User groups
  2. Click Create a new user group

  1. Add name and needed user rights and departments at least. Click here to learn more about user rights: User rights explained
  2. You can also add additional settings:
    • Identifiers – This field is used to link the user group with SSO.
    • Users with reader rights to maintenance can close defect reports – An additional permission that can be granted to all users in the group at once.
    • Default widgets on home page – When a user belonging to the group logs into the system for the first time and clicks "Add default widgets" on the homepage, the selected widgets will appear. If no widgets are specified, user will see Trail’s default widgets. More information here: Homepage default widgets
  1. Click Create

Adding user to user group

User can be given rights to user group from user's own profile. More specific instructions can be found here: Adding new user

  1. Open Admin - Users
  2. Open user's profile to Edit view
  3. Section "User groups", select the needed one
  4. Save the change

Users who have been given rights from user group, will be listed in user group's own page.

Editing or deleting user group

  1. Open Admin - User groups
  2. To edit > Click the name of user group or the Edit button
  3. To delete > Click trashcan button

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