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title: Groups
slug: blueprint/groups
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createdAt: 2026-05-27T22:18:56.329Z
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A Group is a set of users that can be assigned a Project Role, giving administrators a way to manage access to Blueprint projects at scale. Navigate to **Settings** -> **User Management -> Groups** to access these options.

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# Group Types

There are two types of Groups in Blueprint:

1. **Access Group** — Project-level groups. Members are granted a scope (which projects they can access) and must have corresponding Project Role assignments for privileges within those projects.
2. **License Group** — Members are granted a license type.  There is only one license type available:
   - **Author** — Allows full authoring capabilities across the system.

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ⓘ A Group has a single type.  It cannot be both an Access Group and a License Group. Assign users to a License Group to set their license type, and to separate Access Group(s) to define their project privileges.
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# Creating a Database Group

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Go to **Settings** -> **User Management** -> **Groups**
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Click **Add Database Group**
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Enter a group name
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*Optional: *enter a group email for collective notifications
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Select the **Group Type**:

- If **License Group**: select the license type
- If **Access Group**: click **Select Scope** and choose the project
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Click **Save**
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# Creating a Windows Group

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Go to **Settings** -> **User Management** -> **Groups**
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Click **Add Windows Group**
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Instance Administrators with Active Directory configured can add Windows Groups to import all relevant members into Blueprint. See [Active Directory and Federated Authentication Settings](docId\:hYbGmnwQjzGPikFRQT9vo) for setup details.

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 ⓘ You can create a group without members and add them later.
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# Adding Users to a Group

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Go to **Settings** -> **User Management** -> **Groups**
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Find and click the group name
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Select the **Group Memberships** tab
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Click **Assign Members**, select the user(s) or group(s), and click **OK**
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# Editing a Group

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Go to **Settings** -> **User Management** -> **Groups**
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Find and click the group name
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Edit as needed and click **Save**
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⚠️ The Group Type cannot be changed after creation.
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# Deleting a Group

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Go to **Settings** -> **User Management** -> **Groups**
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Find and click the group name
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At the bottom of the **Group Details** tab, click **Delete**
To delete multiple groups, select the checkboxes next to each group name, click **Actions** -> **Delete**
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