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Combine 'sharing groups' and 'user groups' into one feature

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  • January 17, 2023
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Surendra
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alizee
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Sharing Groups are used to add data permissions to a group, including sharing i.e., analyze and distribute permissions to Gainsight users. 

But in Surveys, all references to these Sharing Groups mention “User Groups” which:

  1. Causes confusion
  2. Duplicates efforts maintaining groups (including if/when we apply criteria to dynamically manage groups)

Can we either:

  1. Call a cat a cat - so reference sharing groups in Surveys and wherever we use sharing groups instead of calling them “User Groups” (because they are not)
  2. Better yet: merge sharing groups and user groups so we can manage data permissions and Gainsight permissions in one area of the platform

 

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Neha Gupta
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  • January 24, 2023

@alizee sorry for the inconvenience. To merge Sharing Groups and User Groups into one is part of our roadmap. We will keep you posted about the same.


anirbandutta
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  • January 24, 2023
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benwanlessmenlo
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  • December 2, 2023

@Neha Gupta 

Any update on this? 

 

I would love to have the naming for Survey Permissions more clear.
Best,

Ben W.

 


anirbandutta
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  • December 4, 2023

Checked with the Product team - This item still awaits it’s turn to be on the roadmap 


spencer_engel
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  • August 26, 2024

Agreed 100% with this. It’s so confusing and unnecessary to have two methods of combining users like this.


darkknight
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  • August 26, 2024

This is just confusing and frustrating.

Sharing Gainsight Home says to share with “User and User Groups” but it’s NOT User Groups, it’s Sharing Groups under Data Permissions.



Dashboards used to say “User Groups” but now it just says “Groups” - well which is it?

It’s Sharing Groups, not User Groups.

Please pick ONE method and stick with it!


stevepost
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  • August 26, 2024

Adding my support for this improvement, too.

It would save me time as an administrator if I were to create one group of users - especially when this is based upon their department, job title or some other dynamic criteria - and then use that one group to provide them with permissions to data, access to dashboards, or a particular Home layout.

Today, I have to manage multiple user grouping concepts and keep them in sync to achieve a consistent team of users who have the permissions and configurations they need for their roles.


ajprince
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  • November 8, 2024

This confusion was a “gotcha” for me too until I learned the differences and understood when it’s referring to one and not the other. 

It’s disappointing because User Groups had more modern functionality, but it’s Sharing Groups that I end up having to use more often to share permissions for dashboards, etc. as well as GS Home.

Merge both into one feature, term, and consistent functionality for both!


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