Create, edit, and delete a group

A group bundles several fields together so that a model’s field can use them. You create a group under GROUPS on the Schema screen.

Owner, Maintainer, and Writer can create, edit, and delete a group. Reader can view groups.

Create a group

Adds one group to the project.

1. Under GROUPS on Schema, click Add.
2. Enter the Group name. When you enter it with alphanumeric characters, a string based on the Group name is filled into Group key automatically. In the string filled into Group key, spaces become hyphens and uppercase letters become lowercase.
3. In Group description, enter what this group covers. This is optional.
4. Check the Group key. When the field has no value, or when an error is shown, enter the key yourself. For the characters and length you can use, see Group.
5. Click OK.

Clicking OK takes you to the screen of the group you created.

The steps for adding a field to the group you created are the same as for a model. See Add, edit, and delete a field. There are two differences from a model.

• The Reference and Group types cannot be used.
• The Fields and Meta Data tabs do not appear. The list of fields is shown directly.

Change the group name, group key, and group description

1. Under GROUPS on Schema, choose the group you are changing.
2. Click the more actions icon (vertical …) next to the group name heading.
3. Choose Edit.
4. Change Group name, Group description, and Group key. Changing the Group name does not change the Group key.
5. Click OK.

Delete a group

Deletion cannot be undone

A deleted group cannot be restored. The fields you added to the group also stop working, and recreating the group with the same group name and group key does not bring them back.

A group used by a group field in a model cannot be deleted. To delete the group, delete that model’s group field first.

1. Under GROUPS on Schema, choose the group you are deleting.
2. Click the more actions icon (vertical …) next to the group name heading.
3. Choose Delete.
4. Check that the group name shown on the confirmation screen belongs to the group you are deleting.
5. Click Delete group.