admAddGroupsToGroup

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Availability

This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 4.5.6.

Syntax

admAddGroupsToGroup(groupsToJoin, childNames)

Alias

addGroupsToGroup(groupsToJoin, childNames)

Description

Add the provided groups to the specified groups if they are not already added.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
Groups to join	Array of strings	Yes	Group names that the child group should be added to.
Child names	Array of strings	Yes	Child names that identifies the child groups to be added to the groups.

Return type

boolean

Returns "true" if operation succeeded.

Example 1

admAddGroupsToGroup("ParentGroup", "ChildGroup");

Result: The "ChildGroup will be added as child to the "ParentGroup".

Example 2

admAddGroupsToGroup({"Group1","Group2","Group3"}, {"Child1","Child2"});

Result: "Child1", "Child2" will be added as child groups for "Group1","Group2","Group3".

Notes

In order to allow Jira to handle nested groups you would need first to enable or disable support for nested groups on each directory individually. Select User Directories from the JIRA administration menu, edit the directory and select Enable Nested Groups . See Configuring user directories .

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