Security (Community)

To specify which users and groups can access this community and what type of access they have, perform one or more of the following actions:

• To allow additional users or groups access to this community, click Add Users/Groups.

• To specify whether this community is mandatory:

• To force users or groups to be members of this community, select Mandatory from the Mandatory drop-down list. These users and groups will not be able to unsubscribe from this community, that is, this community will always be available in their My Communities menu.

• To force users or groups to be members of this community and add a tab to the portal banner for this community, select Mandatory with Tab from the Mandatory drop-down list. These users and groups will not be able to unsubscribe from this community.

• To specify the type of access a user or group has, in the Privilege column, select the type of access in the drop-down list to the right of the user or group. You can choose from the following types of access:

• Read allows users or groups to see, but not join, this community. Joining a community makes the community available in their My Communities menu.
• Select allows users or groups to join this community and personalize their portlet preferences. Users must have Select privilege or higher to join a community.
• Edit allows users or groups to create and modify this community, as well as create community groups. They must also have the Create Communities activity right to create communities and the Create Groups activity right to create community groups. Activity rights are set in the Activity Manager.

• Admin allows users or groups full administrative control of this community, including approving it for migration. But in addition to the community Admin right, the users or groups must have the appropriate activity rights: Create Communities activity right to create or delete a community or a subcommunity; Create Groups activity right to create community groups; Create Portlets activity right to create community portlets. To learn how to assign activity rights to users, see Main Settings (Activity Manager).

Note: Access privileges to this community are based on the security of the folder in which the community is stored.

• To delete a user or group, select the user or group and click .

• To select or clear all of the user and group check boxes, select or clear the check box to the left of Users/Groups.

• To see what users are included in a group, click the group name.

• To change the order in which users and groups are sorted, click the name of the column by which you want to sort. The icon to the right of the column name signifies the current alphabetical sort order: ascending () or descending ().

• If you chose Mandatory with Tab for any user or group, set this community tab's priority in the Mandatory Tab Priority drop-down list. The priority determines the order in which tabs display in the portal banner: tabs with higher priority display before tabs with lower priority.

Note: If a user is a member of more than one group included in the list, or if they are included as an individual user and as part of a group, that user gets the privilege access available to her for this community. For example, if a user is part of the Everyone group (which has Read access) and the Administrators Group (which has Admin access), that user gets the higher privilege to the community: Admin.

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

• To edit an existing community from within the community:

1. In the My Communities menu, click the community you want to edit.
2. On the right, click Edit Page.
3. In the Flyout Editor, click Go to Advanced Editor.
4. On the left, under Edit Standard Settings, click Security.

Note: To edit a community, you need Edit access for the community.

• To edit an existing community from Administration:

1. Click Administration and navigate to the community you want to edit.
2. Click the community name.
3. Click .

4. On the left, under Edit Standard Settings, click Security.

• To create a new community:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open an administrative folder.
3. In the Create Object drop-down list, click Community.
4. Complete the Community Editor.
5. Click Finish.
6. In the Save Object dialog box, click the Security tab.

Note: To create a community, you need Edit access for the administrative folder and the Create Community activity right.