Kuali Build: Three Types of Groups

Type

Description

Features

Cons

Native Kuali Build Group

Group that is manually maintained by a Kuali Build user who has been granted group administration rights. The group only exists in Kuali Build.

• Group administrator manages group membership
• Allows adding roles to a group and assigning members to those roles
• Best for small, stable groups with little turnover

• Kuali Build groups are limited to 800 members.
• Kuali Build developers can see and use any/all Kuali Groups.

Group Manager Synchronized Group

Group maintained in Group Manager and synchronized to a Kuali Build group for use in a Build app's form or workflow.

• Group Manager group synchronizes nightly to a Kuali Build group. OIT can initiate an ad hoc sync upon request.
• Ideal for large groups that are programmatically maintained.
• If not programmatically maintained, group owner maintains group membership in Group Manager.

• Limited to the 800 members (the Kuali Group limit).
• Syncs only with Member role in Kuali Group.
• Does not allow group administrator to be assigned in Kuali Group.
• Kuali Build developers can see and use any/all Kuali Groups.

Group Manager Integration

A Kuali Build app can include an integration that will check to see if a person is a member of a group and can add or remove a group member.

• Group membership may be managed by the integration or in Group Manager.
• Group is only available to Kuali Build apps that the integration has been shared with.
• Can check to see if a person is a member of a group (native Kuali Groups cannot do this).
• Can display group members as a pick list in your app.

• Requires that OIT develop a custom integration for a specific Kuali Build app. Subject to resource constraints.
• Kuali Build gadgets (fields) and workflow cannot reference these groups.