Groups
Create a forum for network and guest users to collaborate
Groups are peer-to-peer forums to discuss topics with your colleagues of similar interests, job location, or job function.
To navigate to groups, click on Teams and select Groups.
- 1.Search groups
- 2.Filter groups by assigned category
- 3.Show all groups, location groups, or groups you belong to
- 4.Configure the format the groups are displayed in
- 5.Configure the order the groups are displayed in
- 6.The Building logo designates default groups. All users are automatically added to default groups
- 7.Groups display their owner and date of last activity
- 8.Private groups are by a padlock. These groups require permission to join
If your admin has granted permissions, you can create your own group.
From any screen in MangoApps, click on Teams. Then, click on Groups.
From the Team page, click on Create Group
- 1.Name the group
- 2.Provide a Short Description Your description should be 2,000 characters or fewer
- 3.Upload a Photo for your group
- 4.Assign any desired Categories to your group
- 5.Select the Permissions for your group. You can select from:
- 1.Public- Anyone with access can join this group, participate, and view messages
- 2.Private- Users must be invited or request access in order to view messages and participate
- 3.Unlisted- This is an unlisted group. Only you and the people you invite to this group will be able to view it. Admins do not have any access to this group.
- 6.Set the Default Membership
- 1.Member- New users in the group get member privileges
- 2.Admin- New users in the group get admin privileges
- 7.Add Hashtags to make the group easily searchable You must have at least one hashtag
- 8.Click on Save and Continue to configure modules or click the dropdown menu and select Save and Go to Projects
Next, select which Modules you want to enable for the group.
Click on Save and Continue to set the Custom Fields, or click on the dropdown menu and select Save and Go to Groups.
Input the data for the custom field(s) and click on Save and Exit
This custom field will appear in the Group Summary.
To navigate to a group, click on Teams. Then, click on Groups. From the groups screen, click on the desired group.
- 1.Share an update with everyone in the group
- 2.Post a question that can be seen by everyone in the group
- 3.Do a poll that everyone in the group can participate in
- 4.Recognize a member of the group
- 5.Make a new post for the group
- 6.Create a new tracker associated with the group
- 7.Create a new quiz associated with the group
- 8.Create a survey associated with the group
- 9.Create a new wiki to share with the group
- 10.Upload media available to the group
- 11.Create a new even for the group
- 12.View updates designated to go on your primary tab
- 13.View updates designated to go on your secondary tab
- 14.View your mentions from posts and updates in the groups
- 15.View all pinned updates and posts
- 16.View pages for the group
- 17.View group newsfeed
- 18.View all members of the group
- 19.View shared files in the group
- 20.Views posts shared with the group
- 21.View wikis shared with the group
- 22.View the group calendar
- 23.View group leaderboard for contributions, replies, popularity, mentions
- 24.View the media library for the group
- 25.View all trackers associated with the group
- 1.Invite any Network User to the Group
- 2.Invite a Guest User to the group. Guest Users will only have access to the group they belong to. They will not have access to the rest of the system
- 3.Get a Share link to share group page with other users
- 4.Configure your notification settings for activities within the group
- 5.Join a group chat will all members of the group
- 6.Assign categories to the group
- 1.Edit the group and module details
- 2.Configure the general settings for the group
- 3.Configure the file settings and permissions for the group
- 4.Configure the Media Gallery settings and permissions
- 5.Get an embed and/or share and join link for the group
- 6.Get embed code for the group newsfeed
- 7.Configure integrations within the group
- 8.Configure and customize a group banner
- 9.Convert the Group to a Project. Converting a group to a project allows you add and document tasks, deadlines, and timesheets.
- 10.Transfer owner rights from one user to another
- 11.Generate admin reports on activity within the group
- 12.Merge the group with another group
- 13.Export group data
- 14.Archive the report. Archiving the group will maintain the data within the group but will not allow for further interaction with it.
Team admins may want to restrict users from joining a team due to several reasons such has controlled notification.
Team admins can now control if the join action is visible to non-members for a project or group.
Steps to restrict/ control join action visibility for teams
- 1.Navigate to the team.
- 2.Team admin should click on the Three dots button.
- 3.Hover on General Settings > Invite and Join Settings
4. Enable/Disable the setting “Allow non-members to send join request to the project.”
5. If the setting to join is disabled for a public project/group then a non-member will not see the Join action to join the team
6. a. If the setting to join is enabled for a public project/group then a non-member can click on it and join without any approval
b. If the setting to join is enabled for a private project/group then a non-member can click on it and that would send an approval request to the team admins. On approval, the user becomes the member of the project/group and can view the content
Who has the ability to merge teams?
In order to merge two teams together, you need to be the admin of both teams.
How do I merge teams?
Click the more icon on your team’s page. You’ll see a merge option.
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After clicking merge, the following popup will appear.
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The merge team name is already selected. As you enter text into the Merge Into box, the teams which you are an admin of will appear and you can select the team that you want to merge.
Enter MERGE in the text box to confirm. Read about what merge does and click “Yes, Merge” when you’re ready. A processing message will show and a feed is posted in the destination team.
Which teams can I merge?
You can merge any of the teams listed below:
Source Team | Destination Team |
Project | Project, Group or Department |
Group | Project, Group or Department |
Department | Project, Group or Department |
What will happen to the admin(s) and members of the merged team?
After the two teams are merged, the admins become admins of both teams and member rights remain applicable.
What will happen if the module in the merged team is not enabled in the destination team?
When a team is merged all its content is imported to the destination team and no content is lost. If the module is not enabled in the destination team, then the content from the merged team will appear as soon as the module is enabled in the destination team.
What will happen to the task module when I merge it into a group or department?
The project tasks will be seen in a task interface in the group or the department. Also, the user will be able to complete the task life cycle, but the user cannot create additional tasks in the group or department.
What will happen to the Home Page during conversion?
The homepage of the merged team will appear in the destination team with a time stamp.
What will happen to the title and description of the merged team?
They will be lost. The destination team’s description and title will remain.
Where can I check who has merged which teams?
We have made an entry in the audit log with the member name of who has merged the team.
What will happen to content that has the same name in both the teams?
We will attach the team name to the content of the merged team while merging it in the destination team.
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