Location Groups

Location groups consist of several locations which all have direct communication links with each other. This means that there will be communication links within a group which do not correspond with parent-child relationships. In the following diagram, the dotted lines show these links.

The advantage of using groups is that it gives direct links between local locations. So communication is direct between each location in a group of (for example) Australian locations rather than the information travelling around the world through several locations, and thus taking longer to arrive.

There is one location in the group which is the Root: this is the first location on the route from the Hub to the group.

• All the other locations in the group must be children of the root.

• All the locations in the group must have direct communication links with each other.

• Each member of the group can have children which are outside the group.

• Only the root can have a parent outside the group.

  A group is set up by creating it using the Admin Elements window, and then adding the locations which will become its members using the Group Membership window, which is displayed when the user clicks the button at the right of the Group text box on the Create/Modify Location window.