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Security Groups

People are assigned to security groups as this determines what level of access they have to the StaffCircle platform. The most common security group types are Basic Employee, Manager, and Super User – although, your platform may have more to accommodate for different positions/departments within your organisation. We recommend having a small number of security groups to be able to administer access easily.

You can see which security group(s) a person is associated with via their profile under the security tab. Permissions are stackable, so it’s not uncommon to see a user associated with one or more security groups.

In this lesson, we will look at how you can assign or remove a person from a security group. The most common scenario being to give manager permissions so that the person can conduct reviews, complete employee objectives and approve absence requests.

The section towards the bottom show our recommendations for basic, manager, and super user status. However, should you have any queries regarding access and permissions please contact support@staffcircle.com

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Add or Remove a Person from a Security Group

Step One

Navigate to the Security and Data area of the platform by clicking on the settings wheel icon in the bottom left-hand corner and click on Security and Data from the sub menu.

Step Two

This area will display all security groups associated with your platform. Select the security group you wish to add or remove a user from to open the security group’s details page.

Step Three

Scroll to the bottom of the page to the PEOPLE IN section. This will display a list of people who sit within the security group (including de-activated users). Click on the pencil icon to the right hand to open the UPDATE PERSON pull-put drawer to the right-hand side of the screen.

Step Four

To add a person to the security group, switch on the toggle next to their name. To remove a user from the security group, un-switch the toggle. These permission changes will take effect the next time the user logs in to the platform.