Realisor has the functionality to enable you to organise the nodes on
the map into groups. This allows different ways of interacting with the
map, meaning that you are able to show or hide common groups of nodes.
This allows you, for example, to view differing scenarios on the map or
pick out important nodes for certain users.
Within
the Node Groups area on the left hand toolbar, you have the option to
create multiple categories for the nodes and within those categories, to
create multiple groups.
To
create a new category, simply click the green plus symbol to add a
category. To remove a category, click on the category you wish to remove
within the list and click the red minus button. To create new groups
within the category, select which category you wish the group to be
contained in. Then click the green plus symbol over group. This adds a
group to that category. To remove a group, simply select the group and
click on the red minus symbol over group.
To add nodes to a group, select one or more nodes and right click. At the
bottom of this menu three options with regards to grouping nodes – ‘Add
to Selected Group, ‘Remove from Group’ and ‘Add to Group’ – which then
enables you to select which group you would like to add the node to.
Clicking 'Add to Group' enables you to select which group you would like
to add the node to.
In order to use the 'Add to Selected Group'
option, the group that you wish to add the nodes to must be first
selected in the tool bar on the left hand side. 'Remove from Group'
allows you to remove the nodes from the group that they are
already in. Each node can only be in one group per category but can be
in multiple categories.
Nodes that are added to groups appear
within a coloured box that has the option to minimise and display groups
through collapsing and expanding this box. You cannot delete groups if
they are minimised. You can select all the nodes in a group by clicking
on the background of the group. You are then able to drag and move the
whole group. When the group is minimised, it takes the shape of a
node. This retains the colour of the group and the group title is
displayed as the node title would be. The minimised group can be moved
in the same way as a node, through dragging and dropping. The links
connecting the nodes contained within the group to nodes outside the
group are retained and move with the minimised group.
Using Groups to Search and Filter
Under the ‘Search’ tab at the top, there are Search and Filter criteria.
In
order to search using Groups, we have to use to Group Criteria option.
Click on one or more of the Group headings (Group 1, Group 2 or Group 3
on the left hand side) to activate/deactivate the Group. Using the drop
down logic options ‘In/Not In’, ‘And/Or’, this sets up the conditions
that will be used to filter the nodes. Once the conditions have been
established, select ‘Filter’. This will causes nodes that do not satisfy
the conditions to be hidden. For example, selecting 'In', 'First
Category' and 'Second Group' and selecting 'Group 1' means that on the
map you will see only the nodes within that group. Even though criteria
has been set for 'Group 2' because this is not active, the nodes will
not be displayed. Click on one or more of the Group headings to
activate/deactivate the Groups and change/filter the views.
