What is a Group?
Group is a widget of the Group object that provides the ability to define a collection of object or attribute references, and includes the ability to command the group items. Group items are a collection of other objects and one of their attributes (attribute reference).
What are the requirements to use the Group widget?
You require View and Modify Items permission to configure the details in
the Group widget.
Note: For MVE on Metasys UI, see Group widget for MVE on Metasys UI for more
information.
How do I access the Group widget?
- Click on the Group object in the Network tree.
- Group is the default widget on Page 1.
How do I add a new item to a Group?
- Click on the Group object in the Network tree.
- Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Group widget.
- Click +.
- Select one or more items in the Add Item(s) window.
- Click ADD.
- Change the attribute of the newly added items, as required.
- Click SAVE.
How do I modify an Attribute of an item in a Group?
You can edit the attribute of an item in the Group.
- Click on the Group object in the Network tree.
- Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Group widget.
- Change the attribute in the Attribute column.
- Click SAVE.
How do I delete an item from a Group?
- Click on the Group object in the Network tree.
- Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Group widget.
- Select the item that you want to delete and click the delete icon.
- Click SAVE.
How do I reorder the items in a Group?
- Click on the Group object in the Network tree.
- Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Group widget.
- Select the item that you want to move and click the up or down arrow to change the order of the item in the list.
- Click SAVE.