Groups Overview:

Confluence Groups:

Confluence groups are created and managed by Confluence Administrators. Space administrators cannot add or remove members of Confluence groups.

Confluence groups can have any naming convention.

The confluence-users group is a Confluence group and contains every user who is able to log into the University Wiki Service.

Adding the confluence-users group to your wiki space will allow anyone who can log in to the wikis access your site at the level of permission you grant.

Custom Space User Management (CSUM) Groups:

CSUM groups are created by space administrators,. Space admins can add and remove members of these groups. Most of the groups that you will encounter other than the confluence-users group will be a CSUM group.

CSUM groups follow the naming convention: spacekey-groupname.

Creating a Group for your Space (CSUM Group)

Navigate to the Custom Space User Management page (click here to see how).

Select "Space Tools" in the bottom left corner of your screen
Select "Custom Space User Management"

Create a new group and add users (Click here to see how).

Select "Create group
Enter the name you would like to name the group in the "Group Name" field.
- The name will be displayed as spacekey-name
- For example if your space key is test and you chose admins as the name of the group it will be displayed as test-admins.

Adding/Deleting Members to your Group

Select the Group (click here to see how).

Add users to the group (click here to see how).

Select "Add users"
Search for a user by using their name or EID, click on the name or press enter/return to select the appropriate user.
You can add multiple users
Select "Add" at the bottom of the Add users window.

Remove Users (click here to see how).

Select the users you would like to remove, to select more than one you can CTRL/CMD click on the names. When selected they will appear blue/grey.
Select "Remove users".
Select "Submit" near the bottom of the remove users window to remove the selected users.

Users with accounts that have been disabled due to non-use will show up with a "DEACTIVATED" bar next to their name in the list.

You can add these users to your groups, but they will not be able to log into the wikis until they contact the UT Service Desk and request to be re-enabled.

To re-enable an account email help@wikis.utexas.edu or call 512-475-9400.

Example of an account which has been disabled in the Custom Space User Management tab:

Granting Space/Page Permissions to a Group

Navigate to the Space Tools section (click here to see how).

Select the "Space tools" tab near the bottom left corner of the screen and select "Permissions"

Add/Remove Permissions (click here to see how).

Select "Edit Permissions"
You can add a new group to your space by searching for the name of a group
To remove a group deselect all permissions
To grant specific permissions for a group click on the checkbox for the appropriate permissions
After all permissions or groups have been added/removed, select the "Add" button.