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Objects > Dynamic User Groups

To create a dynamic user group, select
Objects
Dynamic User Groups
,
Add
a new dynamic user group and then configure the following settings:
Dynamic User Group Settings
Description
Name
Enter a
Name
that describes the dynamic user group (up to 63 characters). This name appears in the source user list when defining Security policy rules. The name must be unique and use only alphanumeric characters, spaces, hyphens, and underscores.
Description
Enter a
Description
for the object (up to 1,023 characters).
Shared
(
Panorama only
)
Select this option if you want the match criteria of the dynamic user group to be available to every device group on Panorama.
Panorama does not share the members of the group with device groups.
If you clear this option, the match criteria of the dynamic user group are available only to the
Device Group
selected in the
Objects
tab.
Disable override
(
Panorama only
)
Select this option to prevent administrators from overriding the settings of this dynamic user group in device groups that inherit the object. This selection is cleared by default, which means administrators can override the settings for any device group that inherits the object.
Match
Add Match Criteria
to define the members in the dynamic user group using the
AND
or
OR
operators to include multiple tags.
When you
Add Match Criteria
, only existing tags display. You can select an existing tag or create new tags.
Tags
(
Optional
) Select or enter the static object tags that you want to apply to the dynamic user group object. This tags the dynamic user group object itself, not the members in the group. The tags you select allow you to group related items and are not related to the match criteria. For information on tags, see Objects > Tags.
After you add a dynamic user group, you can view the following information for the group:
Dynamic User Groups Column
Description
Location
(
Panorama only
)
Identifies whether the match criteria for the dynamic user group is available to every device group on Panorama (
Shared
) or to the selected device group.
Users
Select
more
to see the list of users in the dynamic user group.
  • To add tags to users for inclusion in the group,
    Register Users
    , then select the
    Registration Source
    and the
    Tags
    you want to apply to the user. When the user’s tags match the criteria for the group, the firewall adds the user to the dynamic user group.
  • (
    Optional
    ) Specify a
    Timeout
    in minutes (default is 0; range is 0 to 43,200) to remove users from the group when the specified time expires.
  • (
    Optional
    )
    Add
    Users
    to the group or
    Delete
    users from the group.
  • To remove tags from users and prevent them from becoming members of the group, select the users, and
    Unregister Users
    , and then select
    Registration Source
    and
    Tags
    .
  • When done reviewing or modifying the dynamic user group list of users, click
    Close
    .

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