Groups contain a set of users, and can be used in place of users in some operations, such as collaborations.
"11446498"
The unique identifier for this object
"group"
group
Value is always group
"2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
When the group object was created
"Support Group - as imported from Active Directory"
255
Human readable description of the group.
"AD:123456"
An arbitrary identifier that can be used by external group sync tools to link this Box Group to an external group. Example values of this field could be an Active Directory Object ID or a Google Group ID. We recommend you use of this field in order to avoid issues when group names are updated in either Box or external systems.
"managed_group"
The type of the group.
Value is one of managed_group
,all_users_group
"admins_only"
Specifies who can invite the group to collaborate on items.
When set to admins_only
the enterprise admin, co-admins,
and the group's admin can invite the group.
When set to admins_and_members
all the admins listed
above and group members can invite the group.
When set to all_managed_users
all managed users in the
enterprise can invite the group.
Value is one of admins_only
,admins_and_members
,all_managed_users
"admins_only"
Specifies who can view the members of the group (Get Memberships for Group).
admins_only
- the enterprise admin, co-admins, group's
group adminadmins_and_members
- all admins and group membersall_managed_users
- all managed users in the
enterpriseValue is one of admins_only
,admins_and_members
,all_managed_users
"2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
When the group object was last modified
"Support"
The name of the group
Describes the permissions that the current user has for this group.
true
Specifies if the user can invite the group to collaborate on any items.
"Active Directory"
255
Keeps track of which external source this group is coming from (e.g. "Active Directory", "Google Groups", "Facebook Groups"). Setting this will also prevent Box users from editing the group name and its members directly via the Box web application. This is desirable for one-way syncing of groups.
{
"id": "11446498",
"type": "group",
"created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"description": "Support Group - as imported from Active Directory",
"external_sync_identifier": "AD:123456",
"group_type": "managed_group",
"invitability_level": "admins_only",
"member_viewability_level": "admins_only",
"modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"name": "Support",
"permissions": {
"can_invite_as_collaborator": true
},
"provenance": "Active Directory"
}