NerdGraph tutorial: Manage user groups

You can use our NerdGraph API to view and manage user groups and what those groups can access. For how to do this in the UI, see the user management UI docs.

To use NerdGraph to create users, and view their information, see Manage users with NerdGraph.

Requirements

Some requirements for managing users and groups via NerdGraph:

Pro or Enterprise edition is required to customize user groups and roles
If you're using SCIM provisioning: for that authentication domain, you can't create groups or add users to groups, because your groups and users are managed via SCIM.
You must be a user on our newer user model. Other permissions-related requirements:
- Required user type: core user or full platform user
- Required administration settings: Organization settings or Authentication domain settings

Before you start

Before using NerdGraph to manage users:

Ensure you have a decent understanding of our user management concepts
If you haven't already, we suggest looking in the Access management UI to improve your understanding of how groups and user access works, and to understand groups that already exist. Before you do this, we recommend creating a plan for the group access you need to create: here's an example planning spreadsheet.
Note that the NerdGraph explorer has built-in docs that define the fields used in these requests.
Note that you can track changes to your New Relic account.

Suggested workflow for creating groups

You can use these queries and mutations in various ways and in various orders, but here's one common workflow for setting up groups:

Query your users' information and available roles: this can be a helpful first place to start to make sure you understand what users you have in New Relic and the available roles. If you're just starting out, you may not have added users yet, and you may have only our standard roles.
Optional: Create a new group: Not available if using SCIM provisioning. You can either use existing groups or create a new group. After creating a group, you must grant it access to roles and accounts. Note that a group, on its own, doesn't grant any access to users in that group: it's only when it has a role and account assigned that users can actually access New Relic.
Grant access to a group: this is what assigns groups access to roles and to accounts.

When you're done, if there are already users in the group you've created and that group has access to at least one role and account, they should have access within a few minutes (although for EU region New Relic accounts, this can take up to 20 minutes or so). If your users are not yet in that group (which would be true if you just created a new group), you can add users to that group.

Query groups

Here's an example of querying for existing groups in a given authentication domain:

{
  actor {
    organization {
      userManagement {
        authenticationDomains(id: "YOUR_AUTHENTICATION_DOMAIN_ID") {
          authenticationDomains {
            groups {
              groups {
                displayName
                id
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Query existing roles

Here's an example of returning information about roles:

{
  actor {
    organization {
      authorizationManagement {
        authenticationDomains {
          authenticationDomains {
            groups {
              groups {
                roles {
                  roles {
                    accountId
                    displayName
                    id
                    name
                    organizationId
                    type
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Here's an example result:

{
  "data": {
    "actor": {
      "organization": {
        "authorizationManagement": {
          "authenticationDomains": {
            "authenticationDomains": [
              {
                "groups": {
                  "groups": [
                    {
                      "roles": {
                        "roles": [
                          {
                            "accountId": "account-id",
                            "displayName": "name",
                            "id": "id",
                            "name": "role-name",
                            "organizationId": null,
                            "type": "role-type"
                          },
                          {
                            "accountId":null,
                            "displayName": "name",
                            "id": "id",
                            "name": "role-name",
                            "organizationId": "organization-id",
                            "type": "role-type"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Query users

Query user information

Here's an example of querying information about your users:

{
  actor {
    organization {
      userManagement {
        authenticationDomains {
          authenticationDomains {
            groups {
              groups {
                users {
                  users {
                    id
                    email
                    name
                    timeZone
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Here's an example result:

{
  "data": {
    "actor": {
      "organization": {
        "userManagement": {
          "authenticationDomains": {
            "authenticationDomains": [
              {
                "groups": {
                  "groups": [
                    {
                      "users": {
                        "users": [
                          {
                            "email": "example@newrelic.com",
                            "id": "123456789",
                            "name": "Example Relic",
                            "timeZone": "Etc/UTC"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Query your users' group memberships

Here's an example of querying the groups your users belong to:

{
  actor {
    organization {
      userManagement {
        authenticationDomains {
          authenticationDomains {
            users {
              users {
                groups {
                  groups {
                    displayName
                  }
                }
                email
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Here's an example response:

{
  "data": {
    "actor": {
      "organization": {
        "userManagement": {
          "authenticationDomains": {
            "authenticationDomains": [
              {
                "users": {
                  "users": [
                    {
                      "email": "pete@example.com",
                      "groups": {
                        "groups": [
                          {
                            "displayName": "Admin"
                          },
                          {
                            "displayName": "Basic Sub Account"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    },

Create a group

Here's an example of creating a group:

mutation {
  userManagementCreateGroup(
    createGroupOptions: {
      authenticationDomainId: "YOUR_AUTH_DOMAIN_ID"
      displayName: "GROUP_DISPLAY_NAME"
    }
  ) {
    group {
      displayName
      id
    }
  }
}

Successful response:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementCreateGroup": {
      "group": {
        "displayName": "GROUP_DISPLAY_NAME"
      "id": "GROUP_ID"
      }
    }
  }
}

Update user group

Here's an example of updating a group.

mutation {
  userManagementUpdateGroup(
    updateGroupOptions: {
      displayName: "YOUR_UPDATED_GROUP_NAME"
      id: "YOUR_GROUP_ID"
    }
  ) {
    group {
      id
      displayName
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementUpdateGroup": {
      "group": {
        "displayName": "YOUR_UPDATED_GROUP_NAME",
        "id": "GROUP_ID"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response for failure:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementUpdateGroup": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "extensions": {
        "errorClass": "SERVER_ERROR"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "column": 3,
          "line": 2
        }
      ],
      "message": "Group could not be found",
      "path": ["userManagementUpdateGroup"]
    }
  ]
}

Delete a group

Here's an example of deleting a group:

mutation {
  userManagementDeleteGroup(groupOptions: { id: "YOUR_GROUP_ID" }) {
    group {
      id
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementDeleteGroup": {
      "group": {
        "id": "GROUP_ID"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response for failure:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementDeleteGroup": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "extensions": {
        "errorClass": "SERVER_ERROR"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "column": 3,
          "line": 2
        }
      ],
      "message": "Couldn't find Group with 'id'='ENTERED_GROUP_ID",
      "path": ["userManagementDeleteGroup"]
    }
  ]
}

Add users to groups

Here's an example of adding users to groups:

mutation {
  userManagementAddUsersToGroups(
    addUsersToGroupsOptions: {
      groupIds: [FIRST_GROUP_ID, SECOND_GROUP_ID]
      userIds: [YOUR_USERS_IDS]
    }
  ) {
    groups {
      displayName
      id
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementAddUsersToGroups": {
      "groups": [
        {
          "displayName": "GROUP_1_NAME",
          "id": "GROUP_ID_1"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "GROUP_NAME_2",
          "id": "GROUP_ID_2"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response for failure:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementAddUsersToGroups": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "extensions": {
        "errorClass": "SERVER_ERROR"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "column": 3,
          "line": 2
        }
      ],
      "message": "The following ids were not found: group_ids: 'NON_EXISTENT_GROUP_ID'",
      "path": ["userManagementAddUsersToGroups"]
    }
  ]
}

Remove users from groups

Here's an example of removing users from groups:

mutation {
  userManagementRemoveUsersFromGroups(
    removeUsersFromGroupsOptions: {
      groupIds: [YOUR_GROUP_IDS]
      userIds: [YOUR_USER_IDS]
    }
  ) {
    groups {
      displayName
      id
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementRemoveUsersFromGroups": {
      "groups": [
        {
          "displayName": "YOUR_GROUP_NAME",
          "id": "YOUR_GROUP_ID"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response for failure:

{
  "data": {
    "userManagementRemoveUsersFromGroups": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "extensions": {
        "errorClass": "SERVER_ERROR"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "column": 3,
          "line": 2
        }
      ],
      "message": "The following ids were not found: user_ids: 'NON-EXISTENT_USER_ID'",
      "path": ["userManagementRemoveUsersFromGroups"]
    }
  ]
}

Grant access to a group

Here's an example of granting a group access to a role and an account:

mutation {
  authorizationManagementGrantAccess(
    grantAccessOptions: {
      groupId: "YOUR_GROUP_ID"
      accountAccessGrants: {
        accountId: YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID
        roleId: "YOUR_ROLE_ID"
      }
    }
  ) {
    roles {
      displayName
      accountId
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "authorizationManagementGrantAccess": {
      "roles": [
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_1",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_1"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_2",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_2"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_3",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_3"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_4",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_4"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response for failure:

{
  "data": {
    "authorizationManagementGrantAccess": null
  },
  "errors": [
    {
      "extensions": {
        "errorClass": "SERVER_ERROR"
      },
      "locations": [
        {
          "column": 3,
          "line": 2
        }
      ],
      "message": "Validation failed: Role must exist, Role can't be blank, Role scope does not match granted_on type",
      "path": ["authorizationManagementGrantAccess"]
    }
  ]
}

Find a role ID

For some use cases, like granting access to a group, you may need a role's ID: the numeric ID representing that role in New Relic.

Here are some IDs for our default roles and administration settings:

All product admin: 1254.
Standard user: 1253.
Read only: 1252.
Organization manager setting 1994
- Read only: 1995
Authentication domain setting:
- Manage: 1996
- Read only: 1997
- Add users: 14517
- Read users: 14603
Group admin: 14516

Here's a query for finding the ID of a custom role:

{
  actor {
    organization {
      authorizationManagement {
        authenticationDomains(id: "YOUR_AUTHENTICATION_DOMAIN_ID") {
          authenticationDomains {
            groups {
              groups {
                displayName
                id
                roles {
                  roles {
                    roleId
                    name
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Revoke grants from group

Here's an example of removing access from a group:

mutation {
  authorizationManagementRevokeAccess(
    revokeAccessOptions: {
      accountAccessGrants: {
        accountId: YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID
        roleId: "YOUR_ROLE_ID"
      }
      groupId: "YOUR_GROUP_ID"
    }
  ) {
    roles {
      accountId
      displayName
    }
  }
}

Response for success:

{
  "data": {
    "authorizationManagementRevokeAccess": {
      "roles": [
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_1",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_1"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_2",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_2"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "ROLE_NAME_3",
          "id": "ROLE_ID_3"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Before you start

Suggested workflow for creating groups

Query groups

Query existing roles

Query users

Query user information

Query your users' group memberships

Create a group

Update user group

Delete a group

Add users to groups

Remove users from groups

Grant access to a group

Find a role ID

Revoke grants from group

Requirements