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Group Information Page
The group information page is a collection point for information related to the group. It contains attribute information about a group and displays the participants that are members of the group in a Members table and the groups to which the group is a member in a Groups table.
The information page of a group is accessed by clicking the information icon . The information page can be accessed from any table that displays a row containing the group for which you want to view information.
From the information page, you can perform actions on a group, as well as view the object attributes and any related information.
For an overview of information page functionality, see About Information Pages and Customizing Information Page Tabs.
Actions
Information pages contain a list of applicable actions in a menu in the upper left corner of the page. See Common Actions for a list of common actions available in Windchill. The availability of these actions depends on the status of the group, as well as your access to it. For more information about status indicators, see Object Status.
The following actions may be of particular interest for this object.
Action
Description
Edit
Opens the Edit Group window to modify group attribute values.
Recompute group
Removes the selected groups from the participant cache and updates the membership of user-defined groups that are maintained outside of Windchill. For more information, see Synchronizing Teams with User-Defined Groups.
Remove from Cache
Removes the group from the Windchillinternal participant cache.
Tabs
You can customize the tabs that appear on each object information page to display the information most useful to you. For more information, see Customizing Information Page Tabs.
The Details tab displays information about the group.
• The Attributes section contains information about the group such as the group name, description, and status. Many of the attributes are set when the group is created and can be modified by editing the group object. See Object Attributes for a list of common attributes available in Windchill. The following attributes may be of particular interest for this object.
◦ Organization ID
◦ Status
• The Members table displays the participants that are defined as members of the group.
The following table lists the columns in the table:
Column
Description
Status Indicator
Displays an icon that indicates the participant status. For more information about the possible values, see Object Status.
Object Type Indicator
Displays an icon that indicates the object type.
Name
Specifies the name of a group member.
View Information
The view information icon opens the information page of the group that has the current group as a member.
Distinguished Name
Specifies the distinguished name of the group member. This name is made up of directory attributes that include the group member name and directory location. Every distinguished name is unique.
Status
Specifies the current status of the team member. Possible values include Deleted, Disconnected from directory service, Pending, or Replicated. For more information, see Windchill Participant Status.
• The Groups table lists all groups of which the current group is a member.
The following table lists the columns in the table:
Column
Description
Object Type Indicator
Displays an icon that indicates the object type.
View Information
The view information icon opens the information page of the group that the current group has membership in.
Name
Specifies the name of a group.
Distinguished Name
Specifies the distinguished name of the group. This name is made up of directory attributes that include the group name and directory location. Every distinguished name is unique.