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title: "FAQs for Delegated Group Management"
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## Overview

<span style="color: #333333">This page presents the answers to the most frequently asked questions about the</span><span style="color: #333333"> </span>*<span style="color: #333333">Delegated Group Management in Jira</span>*<span style="color: #333333"> </span><span style="color: #333333">app.</span>

## FAQs



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<summary>Who can delegate an owner to a group?</summary>

Administrator will be able able to delegate a user as an owner to a group.
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<summary>How to check for groups I own and their members?</summary>

Browse the *Profile* section and select *My groups* to view your own groups.
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<summary>Who can manage users of a delegated group?</summary>

- Owner of the delegated group
- Administrator
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<summary>What are the ways to add users to a group?</summary>

- The group owner can add users to the group by browsing the Delegated Group from *Profile → My group*.
- The administrator can add users to the group from the native *User management → Group *section.
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<summary>Will the users added in the delegated group be reflected in the native group?</summary>

Yes. The users added in the delegated group are reflected in the native group.
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<summary>Can I create a group directly in the Delegated Group Management section?</summary>

No. The group should be created in the native groups by the Administrator so that it appears at the app level.
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<summary>What happens if I click on Stop delegation corresponding to a delegated group?</summary>

The delegated group is removed completely from *Delegated Group Management*.
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<summary>If a group is removed from the Delegated Group Management app, are its users still part of the native groups?</summary>

Yes. Though a group is removed at the app level, its users are still part of the native groups.
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<summary>Can we manage users in groups from all external directories?</summary>

You can now manage users in groups from all external directories (read/write or read-only) using *Delegated Group Management in Jira*. The app performs this action similar to how Confluence or Jira natively enforces user management. Please note that the delegated group itself needs to be associated with a read/write directory for delegation actions to complete successfully.
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<summary>Can we search with partial Email ID?</summary>

Partial Email ID search might not lead to expected results. You must provide complete Email ID to search for the respective user.
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