User-Defined Groups You can create user defined groups of network objects to further organize your network view. A group is a collection of similar objects such as databases, listeners, or nodes that share a common location or function. A group can be added to a map view or another user-defined group. A group is represented by a group icon and name. The icon represents the type of group, such as databases.
Groups appear in the Navigator tree after they are created.
You could add this group to a map view that contains all the databases in the U.S. or you could add this group to a user-defined group of all databases in Chicago. Grouping nodes or services can simplify tasks that are applied to all members of the group. The job that executes the SQL script is scheduled on all the databases in the group. Status Monitors You can easily determine the status of an object or user-defined group on a map. If the object or group has been registered as an event destination, the state of the event condition is graphically displayed.