--- title: "Copying a Group From a Community or Source | ThreatConnect" slug: "copying-a-group-from-a-community-or-source" description: "This article describes how to copy a Group from a Community or Source to an Organization in ThreatConnect." tags: ["Data Sharing and Collaboration"] updated: 2024-04-04T14:40:36Z published: 2024-04-04T14:40:36Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copying a Group From a Community or Source ## Overview When working with a Group in a Community or Source in ThreatConnect®, you can copy the Group to your Organization if data copying is allowed in the Community or Source. This action is similar to [contributing a Group to a Community or Source](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/docs/contributing-a-group-to-a-community-or-source), except that it creates a new Group in your Organization (with Tags, Attributes, and associated Groups and Indicators, if desired) instead of creating a Group in a Community or Source. Any changes made to the newly copied Group will not affect the original Group. A common use of this function is to update a Group with organizationally defined Attributes, Tags, and Indicators. The Group in your Organization can then be contributed to other Communities and Sources. ## Before You Start | Minimum Role(s) | - Organization role of Sharing User or Organization Administrator and Community role of Editor, Director, or Contributor (for copying a Group in a Community or Source to an Organization) - Director in a Community or Source (for enabling the **Allow Data Copy**setting for the Community or Source and its members) | | --- | --- | | Prerequisites | - A Group created in one of your Communities or Sources - The **Allow Data Copy** setting enabled for the Community or Source from which data are being copied. - The **Allow Data Copy**setting enabled for the member of the Community or Source to which data are being copied (i.e., your Organization). | ## Allowing Data Copy For a Community or Source Follow these steps to enable the **Allow Data Copy**setting for a Community or Source and its members: 1. Log into ThreatConnect with a Director account for the desired Community or Source. 2. On the top navigation bar, click **Posts** to display the **Home**view of the [**Posts** screen](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/docs/posts). 3. Select a Community or Source in the **My ThreatConnect**card to display its **Posts**screen. 4. Click **Info![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Information%20icon_Dark%20blue.png)**at the top right of the **Community**or **Source**card on the **Posts**screen to display the **Information**tab of the **Community****Info**(Figure 1) or **Source Info**screen. ![Figure 1_Copying a Group From a Community or Source_7.5.0](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Figure%201_Copying%20a%20Group%20From%20a%20Community%20or%20Source_7.5.0.png) 1. Select the **Allow Data Copy**checkbox on the left side of the screen. 2. Select the checkbox in the **Allow Data Copy**column of the **Community Members**or **Source** **Members**table for your Organization. NoteAccounts Administrators can enable the **Allow Data Copy**setting for a Community or Source on the **Communities/Sources**tab of the **Account Settings**screen, as detailed in the “Create a Community” section of *ThreatConnect Account Administration Guide*. If the **Allow Data Copy**setting is enabled for a Community or Source on the **Account Settings**screen, navigate to its **Community Info**or **Source Info**screen and select the checkbox in the **Allow Data Copy**column of the **Community Members**or **Source** **Members**table for your Organization. ## Copying a Group to an Organization Follow these steps to copy a Group in one of your Communities or Sources to your Organization. 1. [Navigate to the legacy **Details**screen](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/docs/the-details-screen-legacy#viewing-the-legacy-details-screen)for a Group  in one of your Communities or Sources. 2. Click the **Copy To My Org** button in the legacy **Details**screen header. The **Initial**tab of the **Copy Data**window will be displayed (Figure 2).ImportantFor the **Copy To My Org** button to be displayed on the legacy **Details** screen, the **Allow Data Copy** setting must be enabled for the Community or Source to which the Group belongs, as well as for your Organization. See the [“Allowing Data Copy For a Community or Source”](/docs/copying-a-group-from-a-community-or-source#allowing-data-copy-for-a-community-or-source) section for more information. ![Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Figure%202_Copying%20a%20Group%20From%20a%20Community%20or%20Source_7.5.0.png) - **EXISTING GROUP**: Select this option to merge the copied Group with an existing Group in your Organization. Then enter the name of the existing Group in the **Group Name** text box, which will auto-populate with available Groups after you enter at least three characters. - **NEW GROUP**: Select this option to create a new Group in your Organization. The name of the original Group will auto-populate in the **Group Name**text box. Edit this name, if desired. - Click the **Next** button. 3. The **Data**tab of the **Copy Data**window will be displayed (Figure 3). ![Graphical user interface Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Figure%203_Copying%20a%20Group%20From%20a%20Community%20or%20Source_7.5.0.png) - **Copy Attributes**: Specify whether to copy the original Group's Attributes to the copied Group. - **Include Tags**:****Specify whether to apply the original Group's Tags to the copied Group. - **Create Tags That Don't Exist**: Specify whether to create Tags applied to the original Group that do not already exist in your Organization and apply them to the copied Group. This option is available only if you selected **Yes**for the **Include Tags** option. - **Copy Associated Groups**: Specify whether to copy the original Group's associated Groups to your Organization and associate them to the copied Group. If you select **Yes**, you must select the type(s) of associated Groups to copy from the **Group Types**dropdown.ImportantThe Task Group cannot be copied as an associated Group because this Group type may contain sensitive information and is specific to users in a given Organization. - **Limit Depth**: Specify whether to set a limit for the number of association levels to copy when copying the Group to your Organization. This option is available only if you selected **Yes** for the **Copy Associated Groups** option. WarningIn order to avoid lag times and overloading the system, it is recommended to select a **Max Depth**of no more than 2 unless you have a controlled , isolated data set. - **Max Depth**: Enter the maximum number of association levels to copy when copying the Group to your Organization (e.g., an entry of **1** indicates that only the primary Group and Groups directly associated to it will be copied, while an entry of **2**indicates that the primary Group, Groups directly associated to it, and Groups directly associated to those associated Groups will be copied). This option is available only if you selected **Yes** for the **Copy Associated Groups** and **Limit Depth**options. - **Ignore Hierarchy**: Specify whether to ignore [Group hierarchy rules](https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/v1/docs/group-hierarchy-and-association-directionality) when copying associated Groups to your Organization. If you select **Yes**for this option, *all*associated Groups, up to the maximum association level (i.e., the value entered for **Max Depth**), will be copied to your Organization, regardless of their position in the Group hierarchy. This option is available only if you selected **Yes** for the **Copy Associated Groups** and **Limit Depth**options. - Click the **Next**button. 4. The **Security Labels**tab of the **Copy Data**window will be displayed (Figure 4). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Figure%204_Copying%20a%20Group%20From%20a%20Community%20or%20Source_7.5.0.png) - **Include**and **Exclude**: Specify whether to include or exclude associated Groups, associated Indicators, and Attributes with one or more of the Security Labels selected from the **Choose Security Labels**dropdown applied to them. By default, **Exclude**is selected. - **Copy System-level Security Labels**: Select this option to copy *only* System-level Security Labels applied to the Groups, Indicators, and Attributes to be copied. By default, this option is selected. - **Choose Security Labels to apply to copied data:** Select this option to specify the Security Labels to apply to the Groups, Indicators, and Attributes to be copied. After you select this option, three dropdowns will be displayed: **Indicator Security Labels**, **Group Security Labels**, and **Attribute Security Labels**. Use these dropdowns to select the Security Labels in the Community or Source to apply to the corresponding data type. - Click the **Next** button. 5. The **Save**tab of the **Copy Data**window will be displayed (Figure 5). ![Graphical user interface Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/Figure%205_Copying%20a%20Group%20From%20a%20Community%20or%20Source_7.5.0.png) - Review the list of Groups that will be copied into your Organization. WarningIn order to avoid lag times and overloading the system, it is recommended to copy no more than 20 Groups, with a hard limit of 300 Groups. - **Merge Hashes**: If copying a Group with an associated File Indicator that exists in the Community and your Organization, select this checkbox to synchronize the file hashes between the two File Indicators. If you do not select this checkbox and the file hashes between the two Indicators are not synchronized, an error message will be displayed directing you to either correct the discrepancy manually (by canceling out of the **Copy Data**window, adding the missing file hash to the File Indicator in your Organization, and then restarting the copying process) or select the **Merge Hashes**checkbox to correct it automatically (by clicking the **Back** button, clicking the **Next** button on the **Security Labels**screen, and then selecting the **Merge Hashes**checkbox, which will no longer be grayed out). If the File Indicators contain mismatched hashes that cannot be merged, or if the File Indicator in the Community and the File Indicator in your Organization contain duplicated hashes, the copying process will fail and you will be prompted to correct the discrepancy manually. - Click the **SAVE**button to complete the copying process. --- *ThreatConnect® is a registered trademark of ThreatConnect, Inc.* 20032-01 v.09.B ## Related - [Contributing to a Community or Source](/contributing-to-a-community-or-source.md) - [The Details Screen](/the-details-screen.md)