What are Groups in Empuls?
Empuls groups allow employees to communicate and collaborate easily. Users can create work or interest-based groups to engage in meaningful conversations.
Why do we use groups?
Groups are spaces for users to have conversations with relevant stakeholders. These discussions can revolve around tasks or plans for group members to review, award and recognise colleagues and share important announcements or polls to collect user opinions.
Creating a new group on Empuls
Any active/enabled user can create a group on Empuls. However, Super Admins can restrict the creation of groups to managers/admins under Access Control Settings.
Step 1: To create a custom group, navigate to Groups > See All > Create Group.
Step 2: Fill in details like Name, Description and Membership Restrictions. Click on Create Group.
Create group.
Managing Group Settings
View groups
Step 1: Admins can manage group settings by navigating to Home > Groups > See all and selecting the desired group.
Step 2: Click on Group Settings from within the About this group card on the right.
Edit Information
Click on the pen icon to Edit the Group Information. Edit the Name, Image, and Description, then click on Update.
Manage Privacy Settings
Group Admins can control the group's privacy settings by choosing between Public or Private options.
Content Moderation in Groups
Group Admins can control the type of content that group members post. For instance, they can disable members' ability to initiate discussions or add comments.
Note: Group Admins exercise complete control over the type of content that group members can post.
Step 1: Navigate the group information page and click on More to access content settings.
Step 2: Click on Edit.
Step 3: Select or deselect the necessary boxes, then click on Update.
Content Moderation
Archive, Leave or Delete a Group
Click on the three dots icon on the Group Information page and select the desired option.
Manage Membership Settings
To automatically add members to a group, follow these steps:
On the Group Information page, navigate to More > Edit and scroll to Auto Added Members, add filters to determine which members to add to the group automatically.
Note: Users meeting the criteria are automatically added to the group once the filters are set.
Learn how to add or delete group members from here.
FAQ's
FAQ's
Q. What are Groups in Empuls?
Groups are collaborative spaces for employees to connect, communicate, and engage—whether by work function or shared interest. They’re great for discussions, recognition, announcements, and polls.
Q. Who can create groups?
By default, any enabled user can create groups. However, Super Admins can restrict this to only admins/managers via Access Control Settings.
Q. How do I create a group?
Go to Groups > See All > Create Group, then enter the name, description, and set membership preferences. Click Create Group.
Q. How do I edit a group's name, description, or image?
Navigate to the group, click Group Settings on the right panel, then hit the pen icon to update details.
Q. Can I make a group public or private?
Yes. Under Group Settings, choose whether the group should be Public (open to all) or Private (invite-only).
Q. How does content moderation work?
Group Admins can control who can post or comment.
Go to the group > More > Edit Content Settings > check/uncheck options > click Update.
Q. How do I automatically add users to a group?
Navigate to the group > More > Edit > scroll to Auto Added Members.
Apply filters like department, location, or role. Users matching these are added automatically.
Q. How do I archive, leave, or delete a group?
Go to the Group Information page, click the three dots, and choose the relevant option: Archive, Leave, or Delete.
Q. Where can I manage group members?
To add/remove members or assign admins, go to:
Group Settings > All Members.