what exactly is a View Group

[JR]

right clicking on a View can change to make it a "view group", but i dont see what added functionality is provided... what are the uses and benefits of doing this?  thanks anyone

[Michael Emerald, CFA]

Once you label something as a view group, you can drag other views into it.  I have view groups for different location (home, apartment, remote) and different views within them (active, forward, goals, etc.)

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[Pro Boxing Dad]

Another difference is that a a View Groups cannot be filtered but instead inherit the last 'active' view in that group when you select it, where as a View shows its actual filter.

Example:

View Group

  -View 1

  -View 2

  -View 3

In this example, if I select View 2 and the click View Group, the result set for View 2 will appear. If I select View 3 then View Group, the result set for View 3 will appear.

This, as opposed with nesting views in to another view

View

  -View 1

  -View 2

  -View 3

Each time I click View, it will display whatever data if filtered in that view.

I use both. As an example I might simply next other views within a view and have it like this

Contexts (contains ALL contexts, sorted by context)

 - Office

 - Errands

 - GTD

In this instance I can have a master and then  have views below that filter.