Use this page to define groups.
Click Add to
define a new group or click an existing group to edit it. You can also use
this page to view items in a group, add an item to a group, and remove an
item from a group.
Add new group
Click Add and
then enter values in the following fields to create a group:
- Group Name*: Enter a unique, meaningful name for the group.
- Description: Enter a description of the group.
- Group Color: Select
the color that you want to use to identify the group. You can only assign
a group color if the system property HierarchicalGroups is
set to Y. The icons of group members are outlined in the
selected color in the Spatial Management Client.
Click the arrows to add or remove groups to or from the Group Members column.
The Selectable Groups column lists all defined groups.
Click Save to
save the group you are creating or click Delete to delete the group.
Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. All other fields are
optional.
View items in a group
Complete the following steps to view items in
a group:
- In the Group Manager portlet, click the group for which you want to modify
the item membership.
- Click ItemsView.
- Optionally, to reduce the items to choose from or to search on specific
criteria, enter search criteria in the Filter Items over properties field
and click Apply Filter.
- In the Only show items of the following class field, select the
class for which you want to view items or select All classes.
Add items to a group
Complete the following steps to add an item to
a group:
- Click the group you want to add items to and then click ItemsView.
- In the Possible Group Members column, select the item or items
you want to add to the group and click the left arrow button (<<).
The item now appears in the Group Members column.
Note: If the Possible
Group Members column is not visible, click Show possible group members.
To hide the column, click Hide possible group members. Any filter criteria
you have specified applies to all items on the groups portlet and, therefore,
also limits the list of possible group members.
- When you finish adding items, click Save.
Remove an item from a group
Complete the following steps to remove an item
from a group:
- Click the group you want to remove items from and then click ItemsView.
- In the Group Members column, select the item or items you want
to remove from the group and click the right arrow button (>>). The
item is removed from the Group Members column.
- When you finish removing items, click Save.