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# Managing Groups

Groups are sets of devices that allow you to quickly perform actions across multiple devices at once.

You can request their current location, send a text message, or assign check-in schedules to all the devices in a group with one action.

You can also create a publicly accessible map for the group of devices, to share on a blog or social media, for example.

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These actions require the **Group Access (All)** and **Manage Groups** permissions.
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## Creating Groups

1. From the GAP Portal home screen, click "Options".
2. Click "Groups".
3. Click "+".
4. Enter a name for the group in the "Group Name" text box.
5. Select a tenant in which the group will reside from the "Tenant" drop-down list.
6. Click "OK".
7. Drag and drop the relevant devices into the middle of the window to add them to the group.
8. Click the "Save" button.

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## Editing Groups

1. From the GAP Portal home screen, click "Options".
2. Click "Groups".
3. Click on the name of the group you want to edit.
4. To change the membership of the group, click "Manage".
5. Drag and drop the relevant devices to / from the middle of the window to add / remove them to the group as required.
6. Click the "Save" button.
7. To rename the group, click "Rename".
8. Enter a new name into the "Group Name" text box and click the "OK" button.

## Assigning Check-In Schedules

1. From the GAP Portal home screen, click "Options".
2. Click "Groups".
3. Click on the name of the group to which you want to assign the schedule.
4. Click "Check-In Schedule".  If the group is already using a Check-In Schedule it will be shown here.
5. Click "Select Check-In Schedule".
6. Select a schedule from the drop-down control and click "OK".
7. If you wish to enable the schedule, click "Enable Check-In Schedule".

## Deleting Groups

1. From the GAP Portal home screen, click "Options".
2. Click "Groups".
3. Click on the name of the group you want to edit.
4. Click "Delete".
5. Click the "Yes, Delete" button.

### Determining group membership for a device

You can view which collections a device belongs to via the "View Assigned Group and Collections" screen

1. From the GAP Portal home screen, click "Devices".
2. Click on the name of the device.
3. Under the "Device Actions" section, click "Configure Device".
4. Click "View Assigned Group and Collections".