Administrator Guide

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l A university classroom or laboratory is used by a first-year physics class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, by a group of researchers on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and for visiting speakers every other
Saturday.
l A convention center has several major exhibitors who each hold an annual event, and who reserve their
customary section of the convention center several years in advance.
In cases like this, you can enter rules to define the schedule on which shared devices in an area will be available
to certain groups. You can also specify times when a device will not be available. This is a time-based sharing
policy.
Device association is dynamic: When a shared device is available to a group, any user with that group attribute
can access the device. When the user is no longer a member of the group (for example, at the end of the
semester), they no longer have access, but the time-based sharing policy remains in effect and new users who
are assigned the group attribute can access the shared device.
Basics of Time-Based Sharing Setup
When you create a device, enable it for AirGroup Services, and configure it as a shared device, you also have the
option to specify time-based sharing (time fencing) for the device.
You first use the Administration > AirGroup Services >Configure form to create the groups who can
share devices. When you type a name for the group in the Group Name field, press the Enter key, and click
Save, the group is created in the system and appears as a "tag".
Figure 47 Tags Added in the Group Names Field
On the Guest > Create Device or Guest > List Devices >Edit forms, the shared user groups you created
are then available for selection when you click in the Shared Groups field. (This feature requires AOS 6.4 or
later)
Figure 48 Groups Created as Tags Available for Selection in the Shared Groups Field
On the same screen, the next step is then to enter the rules for the time-based sharing policy, using the group
names you created. For more information, see "AirGroup Time-Based Sharing Syntax Examples" on page 85