Stems

The GAARDS UI provides a mechanism for administrating stems, to administrate stems with the GAARDS UI complete the following steps:

1. Launch the GAARDS UI.
2. Logon to the Grid using your user account.
3. From the Group Management menu select Group Browser, this will open the Group Browser Window.
4. Click the Add Grid Grouper button, this will bring the Add Grid Grouper Window.
5. From the Grid Grouper drop down select the Grid Grouper you wish to communicate with.
6. From the Credentials drop down select the credential you wish to use.
7. Click the Add button, this will load the Grid Grouper you specified into the Group Browser window.
8. Select the stem you want to administer and click the View button.

Users can be granted privileges on a stem managed by Grid Grouper such that they may administrate a stem, create a sub stem, or create a group on the stem.   Users granted the Stem privilege on a stem may administrate the Stem or create child stems.   Users granted the Create privileges on a stem may create groups on the stem.   The GAARDS UI provides a mechanism for granting and revoking the privileges on stems. To view all the existing privileges on a stem, please complete the following steps:

1. Launch the GAARDS UI.
2. Logon to the Grid using your user account.
3. From the Group Management menu select Group Browser, this will open the Group Browser Window.
4. Click the Add Grid Grouper button, this will bring the Add Grid Grouper Window.
5. From the Grid Grouper drop down select the Grid Grouper you wish to communicate with.
6. From the Credentials drop down select the credential you wish to use.
7. Click the Add button, this will load the Grid Grouper you specified into the Group Browser window.
8. Select the stem you want to administer and click the View button.
9. Click the Privileges tab.
10. Click the Search button.

This will list all the privileges granted on the stem in the table below the Search button.  Privileges are organized in the table by user.  To grant or revoke privileges to a user with existing privileges select the listing for that user in the table and click the View button.  If you wish to grant privileges to a user that has not been granted privileges or is not listed in the table click the Add button.  In either case the Stem Privilege Window will launch.   If you are granting privileges to users without any existing privileges (clicked the Add button), you will need to specify the user's grid identity in the Identity text box.  Under the Identity text box are the privileges that can be granted or revoked on the stem.  To grant a privilege select the check box for that privilege.  To revoke a privilege deselect the check box for that privilege.  Once you have made the changes you desire, click the Update Privilege(s) or the Add Privilege(s).  Once you have clicked the button the privileges your granted or revoked will immediately take effect.

Each stem in Grid Grouper can have a set of child stems, the GAARDS UI provides a means of listing, creating, and removing child stems. Since stems are publicly readable any user may view the stem hierarchy, however only user's with the Stem privilege may create and remove stems. To view the child stems for a given stem complete the following steps:

1. Launch the GAARDS UI.
2. Logon to the Grid using your user account.
3. From the Group Management menu select Group Browser, this will open the Group Browser Window.
4. Click the Add Grid Grouper button, this will bring the Add Grid Grouper Window.
5. From the Grid Grouper drop down select the Grid Grouper you wish to communicate with.
6. From the Credentials drop down select the credential you wish to use.
7. Click the Add button, this will load the Grid Grouper you specified into the Group Browser window.
8. Select the stem you want to administer and click the View button.
9. Click the Child Stems tab, the child stems will be listed in the table on the Child Stems tab.

Viewing Stems

You can view the details of a given child stem by selecting the stem in the table and by clicking the View button.

Create a Child Stem

A user with the Stem privilege may add a child stem to the stem.  This can be done by entering a system extension for the new stem in the Local Name text box and a display extension for the new stem in the Local Display Name text box.  Finally click the Add button to add the stem as a child to the current stem.

Remove a Child Stem

A user with the Stem privilege may remove a stem by selecting the stem to remove in the table and by clicking the Remove button.  In order to remove a stem, all child stems and groups associated with the stem must be removed prior to removing the stem.

Each stem in Grid Grouper can have a set of groups, the GAARDS UI provides a means of listing, creating, removing and managing groups.  Whether or not a user can see a given group depends on whether or not the user has the View privilege on the group.  By default, the View privilege is granted to all users, however this does not mean that the administrator of that group has not revoked this privilege.  For more information on groups and group privileges check out the group administration guide. To view the groups for a given stem complete the following steps:

1. Launch the GAARDS UI.
2. Logon to the Grid using your user account.
3. From the Group Management menu select Group Browser, this will open the Group Browser Window.
4. Click the Add Grid Grouper button, this will bring the Add Grid Grouper Window.
5. From the Grid Grouper drop down select the Grid Grouper you wish to communicate with.
6. From the Credentials drop down select the credential you wish to use.
7. Click the Add button, this will load the Grid Grouper you specified into the Group Browser window.
8. Select the stem you want to administer and click the View button.
9. Click the Groups tab, the groups for the stem will be listed in the table on the Groups tab.

Viewing Groups

You can view the details of a given group by selecting the group in the table and by clicking the View button.  For more information on viewing groups check out the group administration guide.

Create a Group

A user with the Create privilege may add group to the stem.  This can be done by entering a system extension for the new group in the Local Name text box and a display extension for the new group in the Local Display Name text box.  Finally click the Add button to create the group on the current stem.

Remove a Group

User's with the Admin privilege on a group may remove the group, for more information on privileges on groups check out the group administration guide.  A group can be removed by selecting the group to remove in the table and by clicking the Remove button.