Manually assign people to a group

Assign people to a group to make them members of the group.

1. In the Admin Console, go to DirectoryGroups.
2. Select a group in the list, or enter the name of the group in the search field.
3. Optional. Perform an advanced group search:
   1. Click Advanced search.
   2. Select a search filter option from the Choose field list. You can filter your search results by created or updated date and time, or you can select base or custom attributes to filter your results.
   3. Select a filter option:
      • Starts with: Select this option to search for group names that start with specific letters.
      • Equals: Select this option to search for group names that are equal to the value that you enter.
      • Contains: Select this option to search for group names where the filtered attribute field contains the specified value. The Contains search operator is only available for certain attributes. It's displayed in the Advanced search operator dropdown list if it's supported.

        The contains filter applies only to the groupName and groupDescription attributes. The search term must contain at least three characters.

      • Greater than: Select this option to search for group names that are greater than the value that you enter.
      • Less than: Select this option to search for group names that are less than the value that you enter.
   4. Enter a search value in the Value field.
   5. Optional. Click Add filter to add another filter and then repeat steps a through d.
   6. Optional. Click Clear all filters to remove all filters from the search. You can remove a single filter from the search by clicking the delete icon.
   7. Click Search.
4. Optional. Use the Group source type menu to filter results by group source.
5. After selecting a group, click Assign people.
6. Enter a user's first name, primary email, or username in the Search field, or perform an advanced search by completing the following steps:
   1. Click Advanced search.
   2. Select a search filter option from the Choose field list. You can filter your search results by created or updated date and time, or you can select base or custom attributes to filter your results.
   3. Select a filter option:
      • Starts with: Select this option to filter results to those that start with specific letters.
      • Equals: Select this option to filter results to those that match the value that you enter.
      • Contains: Select this option to search for users where the filtered attribute field contains the specified value. The Contains search operator is only available for certain attributes. It's displayed in the Advanced search operator dropdown list if it's supported.

        The contains filter applies only to the firstName, lastName, email, and login attributes. The search term must contain at least three characters.

      • Greater than: Select this option to filter results to those that are greater than the value that you enter.
      • Less than: Select this option to filter results to those that are less than the value that you enter.
   4. Enter a search value in the Value field.
   5. Optional. Click Add filter to add another filter and then repeat steps a through d.
   6. Optional. Click Clear all filters to remove all filters from the search. You can remove a single filter from the search by clicking the delete icon.
   7. Click Search.
7. Click Assign to assign the person to the group.
8. Optional. Select one of these options to assign more people to the group:
   1. Repeat steps 5 through 7 to add people to the group.
   2. From the Assign people page, click More actions. Select Assign all people in org to assign all people in your org to the group.
9. Click Done.
10. Click Back to Groups to return to the Groups page.

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