
MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
admin.groupDeleteadmin.groupDelete(
   config as element(configuration),
   group-ids as (Number|String)[]
) as element(configuration)
Summary
		  This function deletes one or more groups in the configuration.
	  
	  
	  
	
	  
	    | Parameters | 
	  
	
	  
	    | config | 
	    
		    A configuration specification, typically as returned
		    from one of the Admin module functions.
	     | 
	  
	  
	    | group-ids | 
	    
		    The IDs of the groups to be deleted.
		    Typically, this is the result
		    of an admin:group-get-id call.
	     | 
	  
	
Required Privileges
      This operation requires at least one of the following privileges:
      
http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/admin/group-security
      http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/admin/group-security/{id}
    Usage Notes
     Any group whose ID you pass into this function must not have any hosts
     belonging to it when the transaction begins, otherwise an exception is thrown.
     If you need to delete the group, remove its hosts in a separate transaction before
     calling this function.
    
Example
  
  const admin = require('/MarkLogic/admin.xqy');
  const config = admin.getConfiguration()
  admin.groupDelete(config, admin.groupGetId(config, "myOldGroup"))
   //returns the new configuration element -- use admin.saveConfiguration
   //to save the changes to the configuration or pass the configuration
   //to other Admin API functions to make other changes.  
  
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