> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.pixwel.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Groups

> The Admin Dashboard Groups tab — the groups that define a user's role, the studios they cover, and how billing is configured.

A [**group**](/glossary) is a set of users with a **type** and a set of [permissions](/features/admin/permissions); it defines a user's role on the platform. The **Groups** tab on the [Admin Dashboard](/features/admin-dashboard) is where groups are created and configured. For how group types map to what people can do, see [User roles](/features/user-roles).

<Frame caption="The Groups tab: each group has a type, the studios it covers, and its members (shown as a name, or an email for members not yet registered).">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/pixwel/EzZene0sLkTaATKH/img/admin-groups.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=EzZene0sLkTaATKH&q=85&s=26a67896c6af922f61cac996be06add3" alt="The Admin Dashboard Groups tab listing groups with type, studios, and members" width="2596" height="1518" data-path="img/admin-groups.png" />
</Frame>

## Columns

| Column        | What it is                                                                          |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**      | The group's name.                                                                   |
| **Type**      | The group type — Admin, Studio Department, Regional Contact, or Vendor (see below). |
| **Studios**   | The [studios](/features/admin/studios) the group covers, shown as tags.             |
| **Members**   | The [users](/features/admin/users) in the group.                                    |
| **Addresses** | The group's mailing addresses.                                                      |
| **Domains**   | Email domains used to auto-assign new users to the group.                           |

## Group types

| Type                  | Role                                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Admin**             | Full platform access, including the Admin Dashboard.                                                                                      |
| **Studio Department** | Belongs to one studio; typical studio-side access (sharing, download, orders, notes).                                                     |
| **Regional Contact**  | Scoped to a studio, project, and territory with more limited access. Commonly called a **territory**.                                     |
| **Vendor**            | A localization partner spanning the studios/projects/territories they work on — see [Localization vendors](/guides/localization-vendors). |

## Editing a group

The group form is organized into tabs:

* **General** — **Name**, **Type**, the **Studios** the group covers, its **Members**, and any **Domains** for auto-assignment.
* **Addresses** — one or more mailing addresses (name, address, city, state, postal code, country).
* **Billing** — billing rates per work section (graphics, narration, scripts, dubbing), as length-based or flat rates.

<Note>
  Group **type** sets a sensible default set of capabilities, but the actual access is governed by the [Permissions](/features/admin/permissions) tab, where grants are scoped by studio, project, territory, language, and usage.
</Note>