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The Grouping Manager
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Creating a New Resource
You can create new groups and add new User and Host resources through the New Resource function.
You can also associate attributes with the resource during this process.
This function creates a new resource. To add an existing resource to an existing group, see “ Adding a
Resource as a Child of a Group ,” on page 230 .
NOTE
You cannot add resources of any type to the Device Groups or Import Sources groups, or any subgroups within those
groups.
To add a new resource, do the following:
1 In the Component Tree, select the Group to which you want the resource added. To add a new
group at the highest level, select the root “Groups” node. The new resource is added as a child of
the group you select.
If you plan to add User or Host resources, it is suggested that you add these initially to the User or
Host groups, or to another group you have created, rather than to the root-level group. Once you’ve
created a resource, you can add it as a child of other groups. For example, a User resource “Fred”
can be a member of both the group “Marketing” and the group “Chicago.”
2 Click the New button at the top of the Grouping Manager window.
The Add a New Resource to Group window, as shown in Figure 108 , is displayed.
Figure 108: Adding a new resource
3 Enter identifying information in the fields at the top of the dialog:
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Resource Name —A name for the resource. The name can include any characters except a colon.
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Resource Type —For all groups except Custom Applications, select a type (Group, User, or Host)
from the drop-down menu. If you are creating this resource as a member of the Custom
Applications group, the type defaults to Application and may not be changed. If you are creating
this resource as a member of the Hosts group, the type defaults to Host. If you are creating it as a
member of the Users group, the type defaults to User. Otherwise, the type is set to Group by
default. For groups other than Custom Applications, you can change the group type.