Staffbase offers different types of groups to help you organize users by shared attributes such as location, job role, or interests.

Open groups are a great opportunity to support interest groups, provide location-based information, or promote transparency across your company. Users can join or leave an open group at any time. This allows users to personalize their app or intranet while saving you user management efforts.

To keep content relevant, you can set visibility restrictions for each open group. Only users who meet the defined visibility criteria can view and join the group.

For example, if your organization has multiple open groups for location-based community activities, you can restrict each group’s visibility to specific locations. This ensures that users only see groups relevant to them, preventing information overload and keeping their experience focused.

1. In the Studio, navigate to Users > Groups.
2. Click Create Group. The Create Group dialog opens.
3. In the Name field, provide a name for the group.
4. In the Description field, provide a description to add context for the group.
5. Under Administrators, select the groups or users you want to manage this group.
6. Under Type, select Open. The Visibility and Group Overview Settings appear.
7. In the Visibility dropdown, select the users or groups for whom you want the group to be available.
8. Under Groups Overview Settings, activate the toggle to make the open group available under My Groups overview.
9. Click Create.

You have created an open group. You can customize the Groups Overview Settings to make the group stand out and let users join it.