Knowledge Discovery 26.2
Document Security Administration Guide

# Text Commands

Command | Description | Usage | Example
--- | --- | --- | ---
`INITIALIZE` | Initializes flags in the datastore so that deletions can be performed using the `#FINALIZE` command. | Used only with `action=import`. Must be the first command, if used. | `#INITIALIZE`
`USER` | Define a new user or select an existing user for the following commands. | Can appear anywhere. Ends any previous selection. | `#USER NewUser`
`GROUP` | Define a new group or select an existing group for the following commands. | Can appear anywhere. Ends any previous selection. | `#GROUP NewGroup`
`ALTUSERNAME` | Define an alternative name for a new user. | Must follow USER. |
    #USER NewUser
    #ALTUSERNAME AltName
`MEMBERGROUP` | Add a group as a member of the selected group. | Must follow GROUP. | `#GROUP Group3 #MEMBERGROUP Group4 //Group 4 is added as a member of Group 3`
`MEMBEROF` | Specifies that the selected user or group is a member of a group. | Must follow USER or GROUP. |
    #USER NewUser
    #MEMBEROF Group5
    //NewUser becomes a member of Group5
`MEMBER` | Adds a user or group to the selected group. | Must follow GROUP. | `#GROUP Group5,Group6 #MEMBER User5,User6,User7 //User5, User6, and User7 become members of Group5 and Group6`
`DELETEUSER` | Deletes a user. | Can appear anywhere. Ends any previous selection. | `#DELETEUSER User4`
`DELETEALTUSERNAME` | Removes an alternative name from a user. | Must follow USER. | `#USER User2 #DELETEALTUSERNAME AltName`
`DELETEGROUP` | Delete a group. | Can appear anywhere. Ends any previous selection. | `#DELETEGROUP Group5`
`DELETEMEMBERGROUP` | Remove a group from being a member of the selected group. | Must follow GROUP. |
    #GROUP Group3
    #DELETEMEMBERGROUP Group4
    //Group4 is no longer a member of Group3
`DELETEMEMBEROF` | Remove the selected user from being a member of a group. | Must follow USER. | `#USER User1 #DELETEMEMBEROF Group2 //User1 is no longer a member of Group2`
`DELETEMEMBER` | Remove a user or group from being a member of the selected. | Must follow GROUP. | `#GROUP Group3 #DELETEMEMBER User3 //User3 is no longer a member of Group3`
`FIELD` | Adds a field to the selected user. You can add multiple values to a single field (see the example). | Must follow USER. | `#USER User8 #FIELD MyField=Value1,MyField=Value2`
`DELETEFIELD` | Delete a field from the selected user. | Must follow USER. | `#USER User8 #DELETEFIELD MyField`
`NESTEDGROUPS` | Processes nested groups. For example, if `Group1` is a member of `Group2`, and `Group2` is a member of `Group3`, OmniGroupServer can consider `Group1` and a member of `Group3`. | Used only with `action=import`. Typically the last command (except for FINALIZE, if used). | `#NESTEDGROUPS`
`FINALIZE` | Deletes any existing memberships that have not be updated since the last `#INITIALIZE`. | Used only with `action=import`. Must be the last command, if used. | `#FINALIZE`

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Product: Knowledge Discovery 26.2

Topic Title: Text Commands