Using Groups to Manage Application Express Users

You can create groups to restrict access to specific features and functions. Note that groups are not portable over different authentication schemes. Groups are primarily useful when used with Application Express Authentication (Internal Cookie User authentication).

Topics:

Creating a Group
Editing an Existing User Group
Adding and Removing Users from a Group

Creating a Group

To create a new group:

Log in to Oracle Application Express. See "Logging In to Oracle Application Express" in Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide.

The Workspace home page appears.
Click the Administration icon.

The Administration page appears.
From the Tasks list, click Manage User Groups.

The User Groups page appears.
On the User Groups page, click Create User Group.

The Create/Edit User Group page appears.
Specify a group name and description, and click Create Group.

Editing an Existing User Group

To edit an existing group assignment:

Log in to Oracle Application Express. See "Logging In to Oracle Application Express" in Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide.

The Workspace home page appears.
Click the Administration icon.

The Administration page appears.
From the Tasks list, click Manage User Groups.

The User Groups page appears.
You can customize the appearance the page using the Search bar at the top of the page. See "Customizing Interactive Reports" in Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide.
Select the group you want to edit.

The Create/Edit User Group page appears.
Make the appropriate edits and click Apply Changes.

Adding and Removing Users from a Group

To add a user to a group:

Log in to Oracle Application Express. See "Logging In to Oracle Application Express" in Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide.

The Workspace home page appears.
Click the Administration icon.

The Administration page appears.
Click Manage Users and Groups.

The Users page appears.
Select a user.

The Edit User page appears.
Scroll down to User Groups.

Each user belongs to the groups on the right.
To add a user to a group, select the group and click Move.

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To remove a user from a group, select the group and click Remove.
Click Apply Changes.