possibility to transfer user groups through DTAP

Amazing idea!😀

​@Pcardol We already have a feature called Default user groups(https://docs.thinkwisesoftware.com/docs/sf/default_user_groups) in the Software Factory which is quite similar to what you are describing. Would this feature cover the needs raised in this idea? 

Thanks for your reply, ​@Remco Kort .

We weren’t aware of the default user groups feature, so thank you for pointing us in that direction. We will look into it to see how workable it is for our situation, and I’m sure we will be able to make it fit.

That said, we still see value in being able to transfer group role configurations between environments. In our organization, role management is handled by the application administrator, not the developers. For us, the ideal workflow would be for the application administrator to maintain and test the group roles in the acceptance environment, and then apply the exact same configuration to production.

We have tested the default user groups. All it does is add roles to user roles. It does not remove anything. This is quite risky for us because you can quickly become out of sync. If the application administrator removes a role from the user roles in production and then decides to add a new role to a user group, the removed role will automatically be added back to the user group if it has not been passed on to the software factory. 

The idea is really to set everything up correctly in one environment, test it thoroughly, and then import those settings into the production environment. This would ensure that all roles are exactly as they were tested and that you no longer run the risk of having to keep a close eye on which ones have been incorrectly added or removed in the test environment and are still there.