I created a new group in LFDS and I would like to use that group in forms, but it doesn't seem to be synching. Is there something else I have to do?
We are self hosted on Forms 11.0.2307.40556
Is the group added as a group to Forms or as a member of another group that's configured to have access to Forms?
One more question. Is there a reason you would NOT just click that everyone has access to forms?
There could be situations where you have different Forms implementations and may have them split based on departments or something similar, so one way to keep people from logging into the wrong one would be to restrict them. There might be a few other examples like that, but for the most part, no. The option to allow everyone access was only implemented a few versions ago, so it is a pretty new feature.
Adding to what Blake said, there are multiple reasons you may have LFDS accounts that you would not want to have access to Forms.
As an example, we create LFDS accounts for some external users and vendors and most of them do not need access to Forms.
It's not always a necessity, but it helps support the security principle of least privilege (i.e., granting only what is explicitly needed).
On the Forms\Administration\System Security page, click the Synchronize Users button.
I did that and they still didn't populate in Forms Administration.
In /FormsConfig which groups are configured to allow access?
I've found that the Forms synchronization from the web UI can sometimes be unreliable, not actually synchronizing when it says it has. What I've implemented to work around this is a scheduled task on my LFDS server with the following action parameters:
Program/Script: "C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Laserfiche Forms\Forms\bin\UserSyncClient.exe"
Add Arguments: -q
Start In: C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\Laserfiche Forms\Forms\bin
Alternatively, you could just manually run UserSyncClient.exe. Doing so will force a sync between LFDS and Forms.