Concurrent Group Edits Guardrail

If two administrators edit the same group at the same time, the edits that are saved last overwrite the edits saved first. Previously, the system did not have any guardrails to prevent this.

With this enhancement, when an administrator attempts to save a Group, generate a preview, or save a draft, the system now confirms that the Group was not modified and saved by another administrator while they were editing it. If the Group was modified, the administrator attempting to save changes receives a Group Modified notification and cannot save the edits. This prevents unexpected changes in Group membership that may occur when one administrator accidentally overwrites the edits of another administrator.

The Group Modified notification includes the name of the administrator and the date and time at which they saved their changes.

Administrators who receive this message can select Go Back to return to the Group and cancel their edits. This enables them to view their edits before canceling them. Selecting select Close immediately cancels the edits and returns the administrator to the Manage Groups page.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

No. The Concurrent Group Edits Guardrail works for all customers.

Yes. If the Group’s membership is modified by Edge Import or Data Load Wizard, any administrator editing the Group in the user interface while the modification occurs will receive the Group Modified notification when they attempt to save, generate a preview, or save a draft.

Implementation

This functionality is automatically enabled for all organizations.

Permissions

The following existing permissions apply to this functionality:

PERMISSION NAME PERMISSION DESCRIPTION CATEGORY
OU Group - Manage Grants the ability to create, copy, and edit custom groups of users without allowing the ability to manage organizational units (OUs). This permission can be constrained by OU, User's OU, and Provider. This is an administrator permission. Core Administration
OU Group - Update Grants access to edit existing custom groups of users. This permission can be constrained by OU, User's OU, and Provider. This is an administrator permission. Core Administration