Groups View

		Groups View

The Groups view is used to view, create, edit, and delete groups.

You can put devices into groups by dragging and dropping devices from the Devices tree into the Groups view.

Selecting a group in the Groups view affects what is displayed in the Scene Table and Channel Graphs.

Access the Groups view

Access the Groups view using:

Main drop-down menus:	View > Groups
Main toolbar:
Keyboard shortcut:	CTRL + SHIFT + G

Groups view: key

Create a group

Make sure that Editor Mode is selected (File > Editor; or click the Editor icon in the main toolbar), and that the Groups view is open (see above).

Click the icon in the toolbar.

Assign items to groups

Loads can only be assigned to more than one group. Controls, however, can only be assigned to one group. To control multiple groups from a single control, you can use routing entries.

To assign items, i.e. devices, routing entries, schedules, and conditions, to groups:

Make sure that Editor Mode is selected (File > Editor; or click the Editor icon on the main toolbar), and that the Groups view is open (see above).
Do one of the following:

Drag the required items from the Device tree into a group in the Groups view.

Note:

To select multiple devices in the Device tree, use the SHIFT or CTRL keys when click-selecting.

In the Properties View of the item that you want to assign, do one of the following:

Enter the number of the group to which you want to assign the item.
Select the name of the group name from the relevant drop-down list.

Note:

You can assign already assigned loads to other groups using the Append by name or Append by Number options.

View groups

In the groups list, double-click a group to open it.
When viewing the devices in a group, click the icon to return to the groups list.
Click the icon to return to the groups list, with the groups listed in alphanumerical order.
Click one of these icons to change the groups view: Details; List; Small icons; Medium icons; Large icons; Extra large icons.