> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataerai.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Groups

> Groups let you grant access to many people at once. Use a Members group that tracks your whole organization, or a custom group you curate.

A **group** is a named set of people within an [organization](/account/organizations). Granting access to a group gives everyone in it that access at once — and updates automatically as the group changes. Groups are the easiest way to manage access for a lab, a team, or a class.

Groups live in **Settings**. To find them:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the user account menu">
    Open the user account menu in the top-right corner.

    <Frame caption="The user account menu — choose Settings.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/nav-avatar-menu.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=0f5005581d63a09d3b4cc63969e3cd19" alt="Dataerai user account menu with the Settings option" width="228" height="275" data-path="images/nav-avatar-menu.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Settings → Groups">
    In Settings, open the **Groups** section from the left.

    <Frame caption="The Settings sections — General, Identities & Credentials, Repositories, Organizations, Allocations, and Groups.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/nav-settings.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=7d26f094523f4586d81b21ec504147ad" alt="Dataerai Settings left navigation including Groups" width="230" height="165" data-path="images/nav-settings.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="View and manage groups">
    Search existing groups or use **Add group** to create one.

    <Frame caption="The Groups panel — search, Add group, and your organization's existing groups.">
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dataerai/JYQfiA1164D5XDuO/images/groups.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=JYQfiA1164D5XDuO&q=85&s=a1923b9c70d0391681f26212c31e4933" alt="Dataerai Groups panel in Settings" width="555" height="110" data-path="images/groups.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Group types

| Type        | Membership                                       |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Members** | Tracks the organization's members automatically. |
| **Custom**  | You choose exactly who belongs.                  |

A custom group is ideal for a subteam or a specific collaboration; a Members group is a convenient stand-in for "everyone in the organization."

## Use a group

Once a group exists, grant it **Read**, **Write**, or **Admin** on any project, collection, asset, or dataset — see [Share with people and groups](/sharing/people-and-groups). Everyone in the group inherits that access, and it adjusts as people are added or removed.

Open a group to manage it on two tabs:

* **Members** — add or remove the people in a custom group. (A Members group tracks the organization automatically, so there's nothing to edit.)
* **Assignments** — review everywhere the group has been granted access, and revoke an assignment you no longer need.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="People & groups" icon="users" href="/sharing/people-and-groups">
    Grant a group access to your data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organizations & members" icon="building-2" href="/account/organizations">
    Where groups live.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
