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Add and manage groups

To add content to a site, you can use default groups or your own groups.

Before you get started

Use the Groups Manager to add groups

Follow these steps to add content to a site.

  1. Sign in to Portal for ArcGIS
  2. Click Sites on the Overview page to view a list of sites.
  3. Open the site to which you want to add content.
  4. Click the second dropdown menu in the site's edit navigation bar.
  5. Click Groups Manager.
  6. Click the Add Groups to the right of the page.
  7. Click the group or groups that you want to add and click Add.

Using default groups or your own groups

Every site includes default groups. You can use these groups to manage the content they want to share as part of a site. For more information on default groups, see Create a site documentation. You can also use your own groups.

Sharing items to groups

To add items to a site's Contentgroup, Core Team group, or a group you own, you must access the group in portal. To add an item to the Portal for ArcGIS, follow the steps provided in Share items.

  1. Sign in on your organization's Portal for ArcGIS homepage. If you don't know the URL for this homepage, sign in to Portal for ArcGIS Enterprise, and open your site in edit mode. Click the more button next to the New button in the edit navigation and click Edit in ArcGIS Enterprise.
  2. Click Groups at the top of the page.
  3. Find your site's Content or Core Team group and click its title to open it.
  4. Click View All Group Content in the Recently added content section.
  5. At the top right of the page, click Add Item to Group.
  6. Click Add Item on the item or items you want to add.

    To return to Sites, click the app switcher next to your user profile and choose Sites.

For more information, see Share items.

Next steps

Once you've added content, you can configure the following as part of a site.

  1. Add a search bar to make your content discoverable.
  2. Design the layout of a site or page by displaying apps, data, and web maps and charts, tables, and metrics.