importing groups

Classic Servoy
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Hi All

Not quite sure how servoy handles group settings in the app server.

I assumed that my groups and their settings/rights/priviledges that were created in my developer version were exported as part of the solution file.

When i import the solution file onsite into the appserver none of the groups are included in the new release!

Have tried the various options/checkboxes for the import without much luck. I would have thought that the new import contains all the new groups and their rights and would reconnect existing users to existing groups if they had the same name.

I would appreciate some help to understand this as it is my first deployment.

I have different repository servers for the developer and app server.

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Hi Rodney,

You must choose the “export users” option when exporting the solution.

Users and groups are PER REPOSITORY, not per solution.

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Hi Bob

Thanks for your reply.

Tried this, works well but seems to only export groups that have users assigned.

I am building/deploying a vertical market app and will need up to 25-30 security groups preassigned. i want to be able to export these groups in the solution file with no users attached and import them into the app server to update the existing groups and add new groups.

Can this be done?

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When exporting a solution (whether you export the users or not), Servoy only exports the groups for which that solution has specific security settings.

If a group is never referenced from within a solution (i.e., all default settings), then the group is not exported.

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Thanks Sebastiaan

Makes sense now that i know.

I hadn’t established any settings for most of the groups yet so they weren’t being exported.

Thanks again.