--- title: Assigning group access to users description:   --- [Skip to content](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/assigning-group-access#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![Intuitive logo RGB-1.png\]](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Intuitive%20logo%20RGB-1.png?height=40&name=Intuitive%20logo%20RGB-1.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Go to weareintuitive.com](https://weareintuitive.com/) [Go to weareintuitive.com](https://weareintuitive.com/) Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Intuitive Dashboards Core Software](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/intuitive-dashboards-core-software?hsLang=en) 3. [Administering Users](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/intuitive-dashboards-core-software?hsLang=en#administering-users) # Assigning group access to users Intuitive Dashboards has a [publishing](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/understanding-the-publication-process?hsLang=en)and security system based on 'user-group membership'. When a user is created, they can be assigned group memberships which gives them access to the different 'entities' that have been published to those groups including [components](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/publishing-and-closing-a-component?hsLang=en), [dashboards](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/publishing-a-dashboard?hsLang=en) etc. The [security filter](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/understanding-security-filters-v5.3-onwards?hsLang=en) system, which limits the data that can be seen by a user when they login, may also be linked to the group membership i.e. Members of this group can only see this data... You will need to have full [Administrator](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/administering-roles-v5.3.2-onwards?hsLang=en) or [Users Administrator](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/administering-roles-v5.3.2-onwards?hsLang=en) (V5.3.2 onwards) privileges to maintain users and group memberships.    To assign group access to a user: Applies to v.5.1 onward. **1** Go to **Menu\>Admin\>Users** **2** Select the desired user **3** Click on the 'Edit' ![dash50](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dash50.png?width=38&name=dash50.png) icon to start editing the entity. **4** Once you have selected the appropriate user for editing, you can use the group tree view on the right to select the groups you wish that user to have access to. ![dash10-1](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dash10-1.png?width=322&name=dash10-1.png) When selecting sub-groups, please note that users will automatically have access to parent groups going back to the beginning of the tree. **5** Once done, ensure to **Save** ![sc62](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sc62.png?width=33&name=sc62.png)your changes. 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