Administrators with the Access Tools and Read All Users rights can create groups of users who share the same rights to perform administrative tasks on the server, and groups who need access to TDV tools to create, view, access, and change objects defined with Studio. Developers, operations personnel, and administrators should each have their own groups to access Manager and other TDV tools and options.

Group rights templates enable quick assignment of rights based on an expected level of interaction with TDV, Studio, and other TDV tools. Group rights templates exist for: Administrators, Developers, Operations, Backup, Restore, Backup & Restore, and End Users. See Understanding TDV User Templates and Rights.

As an example, end users should belong to groups with no group rights. Typically end users are not allowed to change data source definitions, change server configuration settings, or back up servers. You can use JDBC, ODBC, or Web service-enabled applications to trigger data requests and procedure calls that get executed in the background without further user interaction or need for additional rights.

Groups are also useful for assigning and managing resource privileges for sets of users. Assign resource privileges to groups so members can access and use data sources, views, and procedures. Administrators with the Modify All Resources right, resource owners, and users with a grant privilege on that resource can assign privileges to groups and users.