Appoint group managers so team leads can manage their groups’ members and credit limits without asking an admin for every change.
Managing a group is separate from the workspace Manager role. Appointment does not change your workspace role or add you to the group.
Appoint a group manager
You need the workspace Admin or Manager role to appoint or remove group managers.
- Go to Admin > Members and open the Groups tab.
- Open the group you want to manage.
- In Group managers, select the people you want to appoint.
- Click Save.
You can also appoint group managers when you create a group.
You can appoint several managers per group. Each person can manage several groups. They must be active workspace members but do not need to belong to the group.
When you appoint someone outside a manual group, Dust asks you to confirm that you trust them to give the group’s access to others, including themselves. Choose Appoint anyway to confirm or Cancel to save nothing.
Groups managed through your company’s directory and groups granting Admin skip this confirmation. Their membership remains controlled by your directory or a workspace admin.
The Groups tab shows each group’s managers. Group dialogs show manager and member counts.
If you do not see the Group managers setting as a workspace admin or manager, contact Dust support.
Manage group membership
As a group manager, open Admin > Members. The Members tab lists active workspace members, but each person’s group list shows only groups you manage. The Groups tab lists the groups you manage and their members.
Open a manual group from Groups, select or deselect members, and click Save. You can add any active workspace member, including people outside your groups.
You can also open a person from the Members tab and choose Add to group, or remove them from a group you manage.
Membership rules depend on the group:
Adding someone gives them the group’s access to spaces and data, permissions, roles, and seats. This can include the workspace Manager role or a paid seat. These effects also apply when you add yourself.
Review group managers whenever you grant new access or permissions to a group.
Removing someone from a group does not remove them from the workspace. They keep access received through other groups.
View usage and change credit limits
On a credit-priced plan, open Admin > Credits to see your groups’ members, credit consumption, and limits. Filter by one group or all the groups you manage. Non-credit-priced plans do not have the seat and group spend-limit tables described here.
Only current members of your managed groups appear here. People in several of your groups appear once. Usage covers their current cycle, including consumption before they joined the group.
- In Members, open a member’s ··· menu and choose Edit spend limit to change their personal limit.
- In Groups, click a group and change its Limit per member to cap what each member can spend.
A limit per member applies to each person. A personal limit applies across the workspace, including outside your team.
A personal limit takes priority over limits per member. Otherwise, the highest limit per member among the person’s groups applies, then the workspace default if none of their groups sets one. The usage row shows which limit applies.
On the Enterprise Pooled plan, a group can also have a Group budget that all its members share. You can see the budget and its usage for your groups, but only a workspace admin or manager can change it. See Group budgets.
Other managers can edit the same person’s limit. The last saved change applies, even if an admin set the earlier limit. You can edit your own limit if you belong to a group you manage.
You can change only your groups’ limits per member. Other groups’ limits and the workspace default appear for reference.
Raising a limit does not buy credits. For how limits affect workspace pool usage and seat credits, see Credit management.
Handle credit requests
In Admin > Credits, open the Members tab and select Requests to see pending requests from members of your groups.
- Choose Edit limit to adjust the member’s limit and approve the request.
- Choose Deny, then confirm, to decline the request without changing their limit.
When a group budget blocks the member, the request offers Edit group budget instead of Edit limit. Only a workspace admin or manager can raise a group budget.
If Dust saves a limit but cannot finish approving the request, it tells you the limit was saved and updates the request status. Check the status before trying again.
Any manager of the member’s groups can handle their request. Appointment does not add you to request email notifications.
Remove a group manager
As a workspace admin or manager, open the group, deselect the person in Group managers, and click Save.
Removal ends their management access through that group. Earlier membership and limit changes stay in place. Remove any membership separately if it gives them access you also want to revoke.
Workspace actions need separate access
You need separate access to invite or remove workspace members, create, rename or delete groups, change group permissions, appoint managers, change workspace roles or seats directly, buy credits, or change workspace settings. Your existing workspace role and permissions still apply. 
