Creating a Workgroup

From Resource Manager > File Manager select the Document Publishing button.  The Submit Workgroup page will displayed.  For the purposes of this help, three areas of of this page are discussed; the Descriptive section, the Subscription Requests section and the Listing and Submission section:

Option

Function

Workgroup A compulsory field.  Enter a Workgroup name that is meaningful to all users.
Description A compulsory field.  Enter a description of the workgroup that is meaningful to all users.
Mission statement While this is not a compulsory field, it is worth entering a proposed mission statement that is meaningful to all users.

Use this control to embed a file in the Mission Statement field.

Enable rich-text

The Enable rich-text is used to improve the text range and styles within the Mission statement field.

 

The four Subscription Requests radio buttons determine the workgroup subscription method.  These buttons will toggle so that only one option can be set at any time:

Option

Function

Open A user can subscribe directly to this workgroup without any permissions being granted.
Moderated A user must request subscription from the workgroups owner or administrator.
Invite only Subscriptions to his workgroup must be created by the workgroups owner or an administrator.

Closed

This type of workgroup is fully administered.

Finally, the group should be listed and submitted:

Option

Function

List groups in directory Select this tick-box to list the workgroup in the Workgroups Directory.

Preview the created workgroup.

Submit the workgroup for creation.