Groups

Groups are used to create sub structures within a information model, such as sub components and nc-path of a production machine.

Groups are defined by TGroupRelationInfo:

Attribute	Description	Data Type
Id	Id of the group node	System.Guid
Name	Name of the node	System.String
Properties	List of group properties	TPropertyInfo[]

Following child objects can be added to group nodes:

Attribute	Description	Data Type
Agents	List of agents	TAgentInfo[]
AlarmEventPools	List of alarm event pools	TAlarmEventPoolNodeInfo[]
Classes	List of classes	TClassInfo[]
Commands	List of commands	TCommandNodeInfo[]
ConstantNodes	List of constants	TConstantNodeInfo[]
CustomNodes	List of custom nodes	TCustomNodeInfo[]
DataNodes	List of data nodes	TDataNodeInfo[]
EntityCollections	List of entity collections	TEntityCollectionInfo[]
Groups	List of groups	TGroupRelationInfo[]
ProcessingNetworks	List of processing networks	TProcessingNetworkInfo[]
Relations	List of binary relations	TBinaryRelationInfo[]
Rules	List of rules	TRuleInfo[]
Skills	List of skills	TSkillNodeInfo[]
Timers	List of timers	TTimerNodeInfo[]
Workflows	List of workflows	TWorkflowInfo[]

Groups Extension for UHAL Plugins

For UHAL device information models, not all node types are supported as child objects in groups.

Only following node types can be added to groups:

• Commands
• ConstantNodes
• DataNodes
• Groups