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Can the Default Okta Administrators Group Be Used for Group Rules
Lifecycle Management
Okta Classic Engine
Okta Identity Engine
Overview

The built-in Okta Administrators group cannot be used for group rules and will show the following error if attempting to evaluate or save a rule with this group included in the basic condition or advanced expression:

 

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Error Message  

Applies To
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Group Rules
Cause

Okta creates and automatically maintains a default group for Okta Administrators, similar to the Everyone Group, but includes only Okta Users with one or more admin roles. This built-in Okta Administrators group is intended only to be used for the purposes of assigning sign-on policies.

All Okta admins may see this group, and its existence is not hidden, which is why it may appear when searched by name or queried via the Groups API. For security reasons, membership counts are not displayed for this group.

Okta Administrators Group Membership Count is blank

For this reason, the built-in Okta Administrators group may not be used with group rules or application assignments.

 
Solution

Leverage an alternate group or Okta User attribute for the purposes of group rule evaluation.
Keep in mind that Okta group rules cannot assign users to any group that has an admin role associated.
 

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Can the Default Okta Administrators Group Be Used for Group Rules