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title: "Create user groups"
slug: "create-user-groups"
updated: 2022-07-06T22:08:53Z
published: 2022-07-06T22:08:54Z
canonical: "help.cooperlink.io/create-user-groups"
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# Create user groups

This article applies to BOOST EMPOWER licenses

## Purpose of the article

This article shows you how to create **groups**. Groups apply only to users.

## Prerequisite

🚨 This action requires administrator rightsTo access the application settings, it is necessary to have administrator rights. Please contact your internal referent or Cooperlink for more information.

## Definition

A group aims to simplify the addition of users to projects. A person who is added to a group immediately inherits the same permissions as all members, as well as the same project access rights in which the group was added.

Here are some examples of group formation:

- By poles, departments
- By functions
- By project

## Procedure

To create groups, go to **app Settings** via your profile at the top right of the screen.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c21b52e3-341e-4ea9-8692-3488bd21cd8d/Images/Documentation/image-1657145170144.png)

Go to the **User Groups** section, and then click **Add Group**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c21b52e3-341e-4ea9-8692-3488bd21cd8d/Images/Documentation/image-1657145226403.png)

## Configure the group

Access the group by clicking on its name. Then define:

- The profile picture of the group
- Role and permissions. A user will have the highest permissions between those assigned to him in his personal profile, and those assigned in the group.
- Members

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c21b52e3-341e-4ea9-8692-3488bd21cd8d/Images/Documentation/image-1657145246049.png)