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This topic describes how to create new groups in Proficy Authentication.

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Proficy Authentication
- About Proficy Authentication
- Set up Proficy Authentication
  This topic describes how to set up Proficy Authentication in Configuration Hub.
- Navigation in Proficy Authentication
  Proficy Authentication provides identity-based security for Proficy based applications and APIs.
- Manage Identity Providers
- Manage Groups
  - Overview of iFIX Groups in Proficy Authentication
    Proficy Authentication provides access to the following security groups for iFIX access: scada.fix_shared_IFIX_PROFICY_AUTH_ADMIN, scada.fix.shared.APPLICATION_DESIGNER, scada.fix.shared.OPERATORS, scada.fix.shared.SUPERVISORS, and scada.proficy.admin.
  - Overview of Historian Groups in Proficy Authentication
    Proficy Authentication provides access to the following security groups for Historian access: historian_enterprise.admin, historian_enterprise.user, historian_rest_api.admin, historian_rest_api.read, historian_rest_api.write, historian_visualization.admin, historian_visualization.user, ih_archive_admins, ih_audited_writers, ih_collector_admins, ih_readers, ih_security_admins, ih_tag_admins, ih_unaudited_logins, and ih_unaudited_writers.
  - Create Groups
    This topic describes how to create new groups in Proficy Authentication.
  - Modify Groups
    This topic describes how to modify existing groups in Proficy Authentication.
  - Map Groups
    This topic describes how to perform group mapping.
  - Add/Remove Users in a Group
    This topic describes how to add or remove users from a group.
  - Add/Remove Sub-Groups in a Group
    This topic describes how to add or remove sub-groups from a group.
  - Delete Group
    This topic describes how to delete Proficy Authentication groups.
- Manage Users
- Windows Integrated Authentication / Auto-login
  Windows Integrated Authentication is a new capability added to Proficy Authentication Service from version 2.5.
- High Availability
- Customize Login Screen
  This topic describes how to customize the Proficy Authentication login screen.

Create Groups

This topic describes how to create new groups in Proficy Authentication.

Before you begin

About this task

For example, you can create a group for users who perform the same task on the same resource. You can have a group of supervisors for each line such as, Supervisors_LineA, Supervisors_LineB, Supervisors_LineC.

Procedure

Go to Proficy Authentication > Security > Groups.
Select

The Add Group screen appears.

Enter the following details for the new group.

Field	Description
Group Name	A unique name of the group that does not match with any existing Proficy Authentication groups. For example, `Supervisors_LineA`
Description	A brief description of the group.

Select Add.
The group is created successfully.

Results

The newly created group is added to the list of groups on the Groups tab.