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Organize and Deploy Payloads with Payload Groups

What

Payload groups are used to generallyGroups organize related payloads and tolet massyou assigndeploy payloadsseveral apps or profiles to groupsdevices ofthrough devices.one association.

When/Why

We'llUse usePayload theseGroups groupswhen wheneverseveral thingspayloads get a little bit messy.  They can be very helpfulbelong to organizethe same rollout, department, platform, or configuration set. Grouping keeps the Payloads view readable and welets highlyone recommendassociation thattarget youthe don'twhole let your payloads get out of control without some type of storage system.  A lot of FileWave customers also use these groups to create associations (deployments) for many apps/profiles to devices.set.

How

CreatingIn aFileWave group is simple...you justAnywhere, click the new group icon in the upper upper-right corner (IiHaM6xNzyzk8jpB-embedded-image-ftboa8el.pngNew Payload Group icon).  PayloadNew groups canare also be nested below other groups, so your storage can be quite detailed.   Take a look belowcreated at creation of a new group and then the moveroot. ofMove a group (afterward when you want to nest it under another Payload Group. The video shows group creation and moving a parent with its children) as well:children:

APayload fewGroup rules about payload groups:rules:

  • Each Payload groupGroup namesname must be uniqueunique.
  • A new Payload groupsGroup alwaysis createcreated at the root of the treetree.
  • Payload groupsYou can bemove moved to another location (and nested)nest Payload Groups after creation.
  • IfWhen you move a payloadPayload group,Group, theall groupnested (groups and anythingpayloads belowmove it)with will be movedit.