How to Create a Group

To enter the Groups menu, access the administrative menu by clicking the 3 bars in the top right corner of any MyVCM page, then select ‘Groups’.

 

To create a new Group:

  1. Once in the Groups menu, click the ‘Add Group’ button in the top right-hand corner.

  1. Enter the name of your group.
  2. Next, select if your group type will be ‘Static’, or ‘Dynamic’.
    • Static groups will only be modified if you manually add or remove employees.
    • Dynamic groups continuously update based on rules and filters you set for the group.

  1. Enter a description of the group (optional) and click Next to continue.
  2. Choose the list of users that will be a part of your group.
  3. Click ‘Save’ to complete.

To create a static group:

  1. Once in the Groups menu, click the ‘Add Group’ button in the top right-hand corner of the Groups menu.
  2. Enter the name of your group.
  3. Choose ‘Static’ as the group type.
  4. Enter a description of the group (optional) and click Next to continue.
  5. Choose the list of users that will be a part of your group. 
  6. Click ‘Save’ to complete.

To create a dynamic group:

  1. Once in the Groups menu, click the ‘Add Group’ button in the top right-hand corner of the Groups menu.
  2. Enter the name of your group.
  3. Choose ‘Dynamic’ as the group type.
  4. Enter a description of the group (optional) and click Next to continue.
  5. Enter the conditions that will be used to create a dynamic group. When creating a dynamic group you can choose 2 different sets of rules, with 3 different conditions to create the filter.

  • In ‘Filter By’, choose the field in a users profile that MyVCM will use to select the user.
  • ‘Operator’ specifies how the filter criteria relate to one another.
  • ‘Employee Property’ allows you to enter the specific data from the selected field in the user profile that MyVCM will base its logic on.

PRO TIP: You can preview the list of users your filter has created by selecting the ‘Preview’ button located at the bottom of the page.

  1. Select Save when complete.