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  3. Section IV. End user
  4. Explore your inventory
  5. Host groups

Host groups

Host Group structures are one of the default organizational structures for the Inventory. Choose this setting to view your inventory by Host Groups you've setup. Only the reports relevant to the selected Host Group are displayed.

See Use host groups to organize your data.

for complete information.

Select Cascade to sub groups to display host groups in an aggregated mode. This structure determines how host counts are reported.

When you select Cascade to sub groups, the top level host group count reflects all hosts and backup servers assigned to the group and all directly assigned to its sub groups. The counts are rolled up to the top level host group.

When Cascade to sub groups is not selected (non-aggregate mode), the count for each group only reflects hosts/backup servers directly assigned to it.

See Count values.

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