Since network data maintenance often involves different teams or contractors responsible for separate areas, Job Management Groups provide the structure to organize jobs and manage permissions according to these operational boundaries.

Job Management groups are sourced directly from ArcGIS Portal. The portal administrator creates groups and manages their membership in the Portal, then registers those groups with the Job Management system.

Once a portal group is registered, all its members gain access to Job Management features through the Job Management tab in the toolbar.

Prerequisites

•The portal group must already exist in ArcGIS Portal, with the intended members assigned.

•Only groups not yet registered with Job Management are available for registration.

Job Management does not validate user types or permissions during group registration. The administrator must ensure that group members have the required permissions to use the Job Management system and the editing functionality of the application.

Register a Portal Group

To register a portal group with Job Management:

1.Open Job Management from the toolbar, then select Groups.

2.Click Register Group to open the registration panel.

3.In the Group Name dropdown, select the portal group you want to register. The dropdown lists only portal groups that have not yet been registered with Job Management.

4.Under Hierarchy, select the hierarchy type for the group, which defines the QA workflow during the processing and post of jobs:

oSupervisor and Worker (Hierarchy 2): Separate supervisor and worker roles. Supervisors create, assign, manage jobs, and reconcile edits. Workers execute assigned jobs and post updates.

oWorker Only (Hierarchy 1):  Workers perform both worker and supervisor responsibilities. They can create, execute, complete, assign, and manage the entire job lifecycle.

5.Under Conflict Resolution, select how conflicting changes between the default and the job branch will be handled:

oAuto Resolution: Conflicts are resolved automatically. Select an In favor of preference:

▪Default: The default version is retained.

▪Branch: The job (branch) version is retained.

oManual Resolution: Supervisors manually choose which version to retain for each conflict.

6.Click Save to register the group.

The group is registered with the Job Management system:

•Group is tagged with JobManagement in the Portal

•Group's settings are stored in the Job Management Groups table.

•All current members of the portal group can now access Job Management features.

•System assigns the default worker role to all users in the portal group. Administrators can assign a different role to a user. See Edit users.

Do not remove the JobManagement tag from the portal group, as it can disrupt Job Management functionality.

View Registered Groups

All registered groups appear in the Groups panel under Job Management > Groups.

To view the configuration for a group, select Details. The details panel displays the configured Hierarchy and Conflict Resolution method for that group.

Edit a Registered Group

To update the configuration of a registered group:

1.Open Job Management, then select Groups.

2.Open the context menu for the group you want to edit, then select Edit.

3.Review the group settings. The Group Name and Hierarchy fields are read-only and cannot be changed after registration.

4.Update the Conflict Resolution method if required. If Auto Resolution is selected, you can switch the In favor of preference between Default and Branch.

5.Review the list of current group members displayed at the bottom of the panel.

6.Click Save Details to apply your changes, or Cancel to discard them.

Manage Group Membership

Group membership is managed entirely in the ArcGIS Portal. To add or remove members from a registered Job Management group, update the group membership in the Portal.

Changes to membership are reflected in Networks Editor after a sync or a hard refresh.

Next, see Manage Users.