Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Andrew Morgan <>]

On Wed, 21 Jun 2017, Steven Carmody wrote:

> HI,
>
> Many of us are already familiar with a model where data flows from our 
> business systems (students, HR, faculty info system, alumns, etc) into 
> Service Eligibility Groups in Grouper. The "attributes" associated with each 
> user that are coming from the business system can be used to automatically 
> place each user into a variety of "service eligibility groups". This model 
> makes it easy, for instance, to give "all undergraduates" a specific set of 
> services. And to give seniors, for instance, some special services.
>
> Putting people into groups based on attributes sounds to me like the sort of 
> thing a rules engine could do.
>
> My question, tho, has to do with managing those rules. Has any site done any 
> work on a system that would allow non-programmers to manage these rules, and 
> thus change the flow of people into the service eligibility groups ?
>
> thanks !

Steven,

We populate reference groups in our Grouper from our business system using 
loader jobs.  The reference groups are used to populate service 
eligibility groups.

Are you looking for something different?

Thanks,
        Andy