Create Group

Use this command to create a new user group.

CREATE GROUP GroupName "Description"            

where:

• GroupName is the name of the user group you want to create.
• Description is the string describing the group (for example, the group’s function), enclosed in double quotation marks.

Note: For more information on the guidelines for user group settings, see the Longview Application Administrator Guide.

CREATE GROUP ABC "ABC Administrators"        

Creating an ASCII input file

To create multiple user groups, specify the parameters for this command in an ASCII file.

Create an ASCII file containing the following information for each user group:

GroupName{Description            

CREATE GROUP @FileName            

where:

• FileName is an ASCII file containing the data. It can include a complete or a partial folder path in the format C:\...\FileName. If FileName includes spaces, enclose it in double quotation marks; for example:

  @"C:\My Documents\My Data.txt"

MAINTENANCE ON
CREATE GROUP @newgroups.txt
MAINTENANCE OFF