Group

Option required

Groups are only available if the GROUP option is enabled on the project.

Definition

A Group is a named collection of participants within a project. It is used to organize participants into subunits:

• Simplify operations such as collective check-outs
• Set arrival and departure for a group or participant

Organization
└── Project
    └── Group

Eligible participants

Only REGISTERED participants can be part of a group.

Main attributes

Attribute	Description
Name	The group name
Attendance dates	Date and time range defining when the group attends the project (if not set: participates for the whole project)

Status

A group does not have an explicit status field. Its availability state is derived from:

Situation	Implied availability state
Has been soft deleted	DISABLED
No dates set OR today is between start and end dates	AVAILABLE
Start date is in the future	NOT_AVAILABLE_YET
End date is in the past	NO_MORE_AVAILABLE

Attendance dates

A group can have its own presence dates (start and end). These are optional. If not set, the group is full-time available.

Relationships

Related object	Relationship
Project	A group belongs to one project
Participant	A group contains zero or more participants
Movement	A group can be included in zero or more movements