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It is recommended that you use UH Groupings rather than Grouper.  UH Groupings provides additional functionality and is simpler to manage.

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titleConfused about UH Groupings vs. Grouper?

Do not confuse Grouper with UH GroupingsGrouper is the University of Hawaii deployment UH Groupings is our layer on top of Internet2's Grouper technology whereas UH Groupings uses Grouper to implement groupings. where we expand the concept of a group into a grouping and make useful data available via the UH Group Store

Overview

Grouper maintains a repository of groups of people.  It offers automatic groups which are regularly updated from official sources such as Banner, PeopleSoft, RCUH, SECE and UHIMS. There are also custom groups which anyone can create.  Custom groups can have ad hoc members, can reference other groups (automatic or custom), or it can be any combination of these.  Even automatic groups can be a combination of other automatic groups.   Applications can use Grouper to manage authorizations or any other feature that would benefit from managing groups of people.

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