Groups can be used to showcase teams. They can also make permission management easier since a group can be a topic member.
With our SCIM integrations, admins can also automatically sync Slab Groups with their identity system.
Creating groups
Depending on your organization's settings, you may need to be an admin to create a group. If you are unable to create a group yourself, check out how to request a group below!
To create a group:
Click Groups in the left sidebar
Click New group in the top right corner
Give your group a name
Click Create
Optionally, you can add a banner image and description
Requesting a group
If you don't see the option to create a group for yourself, you can always request that a group be created:
Click Groups in the left sidebar
Click Request group in the top right corner
Give your group a name
Click Request
Your team admins will receive email notifications of your request with the option to approve it.
Editing a group
Editing a groups name, description, and banner image can all be done within the group page:
Open the group page you would like to edit
Click the … menu in the top-right corner
Click Edit details
You are now in edit mode! You can click on the group name and description to edit them. You can also hover over the banner area to get the add/edit/remove button.
After making your changes, click Save to save all your edits or Cancel to discard them.
Deleting a group
To delete a group:
Click on the group you would like to delete
Click the … menu in the top right corner
Click Delete group
Click Delete to confirm
Group membership
Group roles
Two roles are assigned to users of a group: owners and members. When an admin creates a group, they become an owner. Teammates that are added to the group are members by default.
Owners have the following additional permissions:
Edit the group details (name, description, banner image)
Add members
Promote members to owners
Demote owners
Remove members from the group
Adding group members
You need to be a group owner to add members to a group.
Go to the group page
Click the Add member button
Search then select the user or group you want to add to the group
Note that it's possible to add another group as a member. This allows a group hierarchy. Child groups' members are treated the same as the direct members of the parent group.
Requesting membership
Teammates can request membership to join a group. The request is sent to the group owner for approval.
To request membership:
Go to the group page
Click Request membership in the top-right corner
Promoting or demoting a member:
Click Groups in the sidebar
Click the relevant group
Hover over the member and click the … menu
Click Promote to owner or Demote to member
Leaving a group
You can leave a group following those steps:
Go to the group you want to leave
Click the … menu in the top right corner of the group page
Click Leave group
Groups as topic members
Adding a group to a topic allows all the members in the group to view the topic's content. Depending on the permission setting of the topic, they may be able to edit it as well.
To add a group to a topic:
Go to the topic page
Click the … menu in the top right corner
Click View members
Use the input at the bottom right corner to search and select the group
Topic owners can promote a group to owner, turning all the members in a group into topic owners.
Group sync
Slab supports group sync through SCIM. Existing groups in Okta and OneLogin can be automatically pushed to your Slab account and sync all the members. For more information about how it works with our Okta and OneLogin Integration, refer to the articles below: