URGENT: Allocating server groups to a particuler user/user group

Hello All,
Can we allocate a particuler server group to a a particuler user/user group? If yes, could you tell me how? We are using BO 4.1.
A prompt reply will very much be appreciated.
Thank you.

Yes - you can, but ONLY for scheduling reports.
you can create a server group and then while scheduling a report - there is an option "schedule for" here you can specify the intended group name and there is also an option called "Scheduling Server Group" so you can select the server group created - this way, you can set a schedule to run for a particular group/user and have the group/user to use specific servers in a server group that you created.
Hope this helps.
Message was edited by: Rahul Verma

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