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# ConnectApi.ChatterGroupInput

Chatter group input.

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          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
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              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d603177e47">Property</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d603177e50">Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d603177e53">Description</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader  " id="d603177e56">Available </th>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">announcement</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">The 18-character ID of an announcement. <p class="p">An announcement displays in a designated location in the Salesforce UI until 11:59 p.m. on its expiration date, unless it’s deleted or replaced by another announcement.</p>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">31.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">canHave​ChatterGuests</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">Boolean</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">
                <samp class="codeph nolang">true</samp> if this group allows Chatter customers, <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp> otherwise. After this property is set to <samp class="codeph nolang">true</samp>, it cannot be set to <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp>.
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">description</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">The “Description” section of the group.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">information</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type"><samp class="codeph apex_code"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_groupinformationinput.htm" title="Chatter group information input.">ConnectApi.​GroupInformation​Input</a></samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">The “Information” section of a group. If the group is private,
                this section is visible only to members.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">28.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">isArchived</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">Boolean</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">
                <samp class="codeph nolang">true</samp> if the group is archived, <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp> otherwise. Defaults to <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp>.
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">isAuto​ArchiveDisabled</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">Boolean</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">
                <samp class="codeph nolang">true</samp> if automatic archiving is turned off for the group, <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp> otherwise. Defaults to <samp class="codeph nolang">false</samp>.
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">name</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">The name of the group.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">owner</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type">String</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">The ID of the group owner. This property is available for PATCH requests only.</td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

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              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e47" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">visibility</samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e50" data-title="Type"><samp class="codeph apex_code"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/connectAPI_enums.htm#GroupVisibilityType_enum">ConnectApi.​GroupVisibilityType</a></samp></td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e53" data-title="Description">Group visibility type.<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">PrivateAccess</samp>—Only members of the group can see posts to this group.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">PublicAccess</samp>—All users within the Experience Cloud site can see posts to this group.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph nolang">Unlisted</samp>—Reserved for future use.
                  </li>
                </ul>
              </td>

              <td class="entry" headers="d603177e56" data-title="Available">29.0</td>

            </tr>

          </tbody>

        </table>

#### See Also

- [createGroup(communityId, groupInput)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_ChatterGroups_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_ChatterGroups_createGroup "Create a group.")
- [updateGroup(communityId, groupId, groupInput)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_ChatterGroups_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_ChatterGroups_updateGroup "Update the settings of a group.")