topic Portal for ArcGIS - Default group assignment in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions

Portal for ArcGIS - Default group assignment

Andrew-Bowne — Thu, 16 May 2019 18:02:41 GMT

We are allowing users to automatically create their accounts. Is there a way to assign users to "default" groups? I would all users to land in a group where they will have access to a limited set of data. From their I will reassign them to their appropriate group. It would be nice if when they signed in they had access to something - not just an empty portal.

Thanks!

Re: Portal for ArcGIS - Default group assignment

Anonymous User — Fri, 17 May 2019 20:13:37 GMT

Yes and no.

Can you have users land in a portal group from creation that has access to resources that are not set to "everyone" and instead are protected to be viewed only by "group list"

No.

Can you create a group with access to this content that auto-created users themselves can join to view the content?

Yes

I believe that this answer changes if your groups and content are secured by a domain controller.

Re: Portal for ArcGIS - Default group assignment

Andrew-Bowne — Mon, 20 May 2019 12:00:35 GMT

Hi John,

Thanks for the reply. Ideally I would like the users to NOT have to join the group themselves. This is an extra step that I believe would be confusing for many beginner users and would lead to more questions than necessary. We have explored using groups secured by a domain controller however due to our network infrastructure, this isn't ideal either. I was hoping there was a way that auto-provisioned users could be grouped together and then be assigned by an administrator their appropriate security rights (by group).

This is something that'd be really helpful for future releases. I wonder if any other users would like this type of functionality too?

Thanks,

Andrew

Re: Portal for ArcGIS - Default group assignment

MarleyGeddes — Mon, 20 May 2019 20:00:24 GMT

Hi Andrew,

It is not possible to automatically add members to a group when their account is created via automatic account creation.

This is a great suggestion - you should add this to ArcGIS Ideas‌!

Thanks,
Marley