Event access groups

Learn about event access groups and how they can be used to limit user access in Eventsforce.

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Written by Ben Dharmanandan
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Event access groups are a way of controlling which events your Eventsforce users can access. This can be used by companies with different departments or factions to limit event access for users to events within their assign event access group.

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What are event access groups?

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Event access groups are groups of users, but can also contain other event access groups. When an event is created or copied, the access to it can be granted by adding one or more event access groups. Users that are part of the named access groups will be able to see and access the event.

Creating event access groups

Access groups can be created and managed by administrators in Eventsforce. Users without “administrator” access will not see the “Event Access Groups” option in their menu.

To create an event access group:

  1. Go to System settings > Security > Event Access Groups

  2. Select the 'Create new' icon (+) to create a group.

  3. Enter a name for the group

  4. Click "Add"

Adding groups to groups

Event access groups can contain other access groups within them, allowing administrators to build a permission structure with various levels (ex: ‘USA’ can be a subgroup of ‘Americas’, or ‘London’ can be a subgroup of ‘Europe’).

You can edit a group to nest other groups inside it as subgroups:

  1. Select the group you wish to add other groups to

  2. Click the edit button or from the tool menu select “Edit…”

  3. Search-as-you-type for the group name and select it to add it to the 'Contains' list

  4. When you have finished adding groups select "Change"

Tip: The horizontal line in the checkbox indicates that a group is only a member of some of your selected groups.

How to assign event access groups to events

Once event access groups are created, you will need to set up the association between the event and the event access group. Assigning event access groups to an event can be done for an individual event within the event's properties page, or in bulk using the event selection page.

Assign event access groups to an individual event

  1. Go to Setup > Event > Properties

  2. Click the “Advanced” button at the bottom of the page

  3. In the ‘Event Access Group’ section, begin typing the group name OR click the box and apply/remove the desired groups

  4. Click "Save"

Assign event access groups to multiple events

To save time, you can also assign event access groups to events in bulk. The ability to change access for more than one event can only be done by users who are members of the group “All Events*”.

To assign groups to multiple events:

  1. Go to Events > Show all Events

  2. Select multiple events by using the Ctrl, Shift, or Command key on your keyboard

  3. From the 'Tools' menu, select “Change events access groups…”

  4. Select the checkboxes to add or remove event access groups

Note: The horizontal line checkbox indicates that only some of the events are assigned the group.

How to assign event access groups to users

Once event access groups have been added to your Eventsforce account and assigned to events, you will want to assign events access groups to users.

The event access group a user is assigned will determine which events they are able to access.

Adding users to event access groups individually

Users can be added to event access groups individually, or in bulk using the same process. This is a property of each user. Adding users to groups:

  1. Go to System Setting > Security > Users

  2. Click to 'Edit' a user

  3. In the "Event access groups:" field, begin typing the name of the event access group or click the field to view a dropdown of groups

  4. Select one or more groups to assign to the user

  5. Click "Save"

Adding users to event access groups in bulk

The bulk assigning of event access groups is done by selecting one or more users from the list of users:

  1. Go to System Setting > Security > Users

  2. Select one or more users (hold "CRTL" or "Command" to select more than one)

  3. Use the 'Tools' dropdown and select “Change event access groups…”

  4. In the popup, select the checkboxes to add or remove event access groups

Note: The horizontal line checkbox indicates that only some of the users are assigned the group.

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