What Are Groups and Group Types?
Last updated: November 10, 2026
Groups are collections of users that reflect how your business is organized, such as teams, offices, or job roles. Each Group belongs to a Group Type, which is the category that holds similar Groups together.
Required permissions:
The Group Types: Create and Groups: Create permissions are required to set up Group Types and Groups.
How Groups and Group Types Work Together
A Group Type is a level of your organization, like Team, Office, or Division. Groups are the individual units inside that Group Type. For example, a Location Group Type might hold New York, San Francisco, and Chicago Groups.
Group Types can't be placed inside other Group Types. Each Group Type stands on its own, and Groups are used to filter data across Ambition.
The Role Group Type
Ambition creates a Role Group Type for every organization. It's used to organize users by job function so each Role can have its own Scorecard. The Role Group Type can be renamed, but it can't be deleted because it's tied to Scorecard functionality.
Note:
A user can only be a member of one Group per Group Type. For example, a user can belong to both Team A and New York, but not to both Team A and Team B.