About Ordering the Node Groupings

The system uses each node grouping in the order you list them on the Node Grouping tab of the Topology Display Options page. For each node grouping, the Match Type and Match Name fields determine the territories that are in the grouping. Order is important because after a territory is added to a node grouping, it is no longer available for consideration in any other node groupings.

For example, assume you have territories with the following names: Fairbanks, Fairfax, Frankfurt. You define the following node groupings in the following order:

Match Type	Match Name	Visible	These territories display in the topology view
Territory Name	Fa*	no	Frankfurt
Territory Name	F*	yes	Frankfurt

Because the node grouping to hide territories with names that start with "Fa" is listed first, the territories Fairbanks and Fairfax are included in the first, hidden node grouping and are therefore not available for the second, visible node grouping.

However, if you switch the order of the node groupings, as shown below, the territories with names that start with "Fa" are displayed because they are included in the first, visible node grouping, and therefore they are not available for the second, hidden node grouping.

Match Type	Match Name	Visible	These territories display in the topology view
Territory Name	F*	yes	Fairbanks Fairfax Frankfurt
Territory Name	Fa*	no	Fairbanks Fairfax Frankfurt

You should set your display settings as follows:

1. Order node groupings to hide the territories that you do not want included in the topology view. Create the node groupings and ensure the Visible check box is not selected.

2. Create groupings that you mark as visible and set the Combined check box based on whether you want the system to display members of the group using individual nodes or combined as a single node.