GroupBy

This metadata allows you to group entities and enums, either by property or by type. GroupBy is supported only in Thumbnail View and not in the assembly panel (list view).

Example - Grouping by Property

Assume we have a Content entity type which has a number of properties, including versionStatus (for example Current and Working Copy). We want the instances of this entity type to be grouped by versionStatus.

1. Create new groupBy metadata on the entity type:

   

2. Assign the value in groupName:

   

   We have assigned the versionStatus property, but it's also possible to assign $type instead of a property. When you assign $type to an entity, all instances of a given sub-type of this entity will be grouped together.

   In our case, however, instances of Content are grouped by their versionStatus value:

   

Example - Grouping by Type

1. Configure new groupBy metadata on the entity type (GenericEntity in this case):

   

   As a result, all instances of a given sub-type of GenericEntity are grouped together: