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Step 3. Create a Group

Create a user group called TDM_USERS to add users to and assign roles and privileges. Create groups from the

Security

tab of Informatica Administrator.

In the Administrator tool, click the

Security

tab.

On the Security

Actions

menu, click

Create Group

The following image shows the properties that you can set for a group:

Enter the following details for the group:

Name: Name of the group. The name is not case sensitive and cannot exceed 128 characters. It cannot include a tab, newline character, or the following special characters:
, + " \ < > ; / * % ?

The name can include an ASCII space character except for the first and last character. No other space characters are allowed.
Parent Group: Group to which the new group belongs. If you select a native group before you click
Create Group
, the selected group is the parent group. Otherwise, the Parent Group field displays Native indicating that the new group does not belong to a group.
Description: Description of the group. The group description cannot exceed 765 characters or include the following special characters:
< > “

To select a different parent group, click

Browse

You can create more than one level of groups and subgroups.

To save the group, click

You created the user group TDM_USERS to which you can assign users, privileges, and roles.