Tribes & Teams
Use Communities, Teams, and Groups to organize users for segmentation and access across GFoundry.
Note: Communities (also referred to as Tribes) and Teams are independent features. Each can be enabled or disabled per tenant. If you do not see the Communities menu, the Tribes feature is not enabled on your tenant. If you do not see Teams, the Teams feature is not enabled. Ask the GFoundry team to confirm which features are active for your environment. The articles in this sub-collection assume both features are enabled.
What is the difference between Tribes, Groups, Teams and Departments?
Tribes: Tribes can group users by areas of interest, and imply voluntary action by the users – each user will choose the tribe he want to belong to. All points that users collect within GFoundry will be added to the Tribe they belong to, helping their Tribe to rise in the rankings. Tribes can only be created by the backoffice administrator.
Groups: Groups in GFoundry segment content, access, features and modules by different users. They do not appear in the frontend and can only be created and managed by backoffice administrators.
Teams: Teams can be used to replicate the organizational structure of a company, and users can be grouped by internal departments. Teams when activated in GFoundry are also listed in the rankings listings.
Departments: the Department entity is above the teams. A department can be for example branches of a company that have similar teams between them, that is, similar but independent organizational structures. Home team can be associated with one department only.
What is a Tribe?
Tribes can group users by areas of interest, and imply voluntary action by the users – each user will choose the tribe he want to belong to.
All points that users collect within GFoundry will be added to the Tribe they belong to, helping their Tribe to rise in the rankings. Tribes can only be created by the backoffice administrator.
How do Tribes facilitate social interaction and sharing?
Members of a tribe can view the comments and comment in order to share ideas, thoughts and useful information.
Do Tribes appear in Ranking lists?
Yes! Ranking lists can be segmented by Individuals, Tribes, and Teams:
How do I create a new Tribe?
After navigating to the Community Management tab you can create a new tribe by pressing the "New tribe" button you will be able to set a name, image and description to the new tribe you want to create.
How do I edit a Tribe?
By pressing the "Edit" button under "Actions" you will be able to edit the Tribe. Here you can change the image, the name and description as well as adding users to the tribe itself.
How do I change Tribe settings?
On the Tribes page, you will be able to edit the settings. These settings allow you to configure the maximum number of users per tribe, as well as the order in which the tribes are shown in the BackOffice. You can choose to display them in alphabetical order or have them in a fixed display.
Teams
What is a Team?
Teams can be used to replicate the organizational structure of a company, and users can be grouped by internal departments. Teams when activated in GFoundry are also listed in the rankings listings.
Do Teams appear in Ranking lists?
Yes! Ranking lists can be segmented by Individuals, Tribes, and Teams:
How do I create a new Team?
By pressing the "New Team" button you will be directed to the following page where you can add the name, set an image, and manager for the team.
How do I edit a Team?
By pressing the "Edit" button under Actions you will be able to edit the information regarding the Team. Here you can add users, change the image, name, manager, and other options. You can also delete the team if needed.
