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 Possible Group Members 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.