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# Groups

## View groups <a href="#view-groups" id="view-groups"></a>

List the current user groups.

```bash
lenses-cli groups
```

## View group <a href="#view-group" id="view-group"></a>

Get the details of a user group:

```bash
lenses-cli groups get --name Group1
```

Get the assigned data namespaces of a user group:

```bash
lenses-cli groups get --name Group1 --dataNamespaces
```

## Create <a href="#create" id="create"></a>

Create a user group via the command line flags or file:

```bash
lenses-cli groups create \
    --name MyGroup \
    --description "My test group" \
    --applicationPermissions ViewKafkaConsumers \
    --applicationPermissions ManageKafkaConsumers \
    --applicationPermissions ViewConnectors \
    --connectClustersPermissions dev \
    --dataNamespaces '[{"wildcards":["*"],"permissions":["CreateTopic","DropTopic","ConfigureTopic","QueryTopic","ShowTopic","ViewSchema","InsertData","DeleteData","UpdateSchema"],"system":"Kafka","instance":"Dev"}]'

# from a file:
lenses-cli groups create ./group.yaml
```

Example file

```yaml
name: MyGroup
description: "My test group"
applicationPermissions:
  - ViewKafkaConsumers
  - ManageKafkaConsumers
  - ViewConnectors
connectClustersPermissions:
  - dev
dataNamespaces:
  - wildcards:
      - "*"
    permissions:
      - CreateTopic
      - DropTopic
      - ConfigureTopic
      - QueryTopic
      - ShowTopic
      - ViewSchema
      - InsertData
      - DeleteData
      - UpdateSchema
    system: Kafka
    instance: Dev
```

## Update <a href="#update" id="update"></a>

Update a user group:

```bash
lenses-cli groups update \
    --name MyGroup \
    --description "My test group" \
    --applicationPermissions ViewKafkaConsumers \
    --applicationPermissions ManageKafkaConsumers \
    --applicationPermissions ViewConnectors \
    --connectClustersPermissions dev \
    --dataNamespaces '[{"wildcards":["*"],"permissions":["CreateTopic","RequestTopicCreation", "DropTopic","ConfigureTopic","QueryTopic","ShowTopic","InsertData","DeleteData","UpdateSchema","ViewSchema"],"system":"Kafka","instance":"Dev"}]'
```

## Delete <a href="#delete" id="delete"></a>

Delete a user group:

```bash
lenses-cli groups delete --name Group1
```

## Clone <a href="#clone" id="clone"></a>

Clone a user group:

```bash
lenses-cli groups clone --name Group1 --cloneName Group1Cloned
```


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