Grouping nodes by type

[prabhurangan]

Is it possible to group multiple nodes by 'type':
{
"name": "node1",
"type": "user",
"metadata": {
"streaming": 1
},
"renderer": "focusedChild"
},
{
"name": "node2",
"type": "storage",
"metadata": {
"streaming": 1
},
"renderer": "focusedChild"
},
{
"name": "node3",
"type": "user",
"metadata": {
"streaming": 1
},
"renderer": "focusedChild"
}
"name": "node4",
"type": "department",
"metadata": {
"streaming": 1
},
"renderer": "focusedChild"
}

here node1 & node2 can be grouped and position at the left side, node3 at center & node4 would be at the right end.... It would be helpful if you can direct me on how to get this feature

[jrsquared]

This would be a great feature! It would definitely be something useful. You would have to make it a parameter to the layout functions and try to figure it out in the layout algorithm.

[vshamgin]

IMO, grouping should not be just made "by type". For example, I want my grouping to be done by, say, "node health" (normal/danger/warning, etc).

Here is I am grouping nodes by property "node_group":

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2cb44743s6wysqq/node_groups.png?dl=0&m=

[prabhurangan]

group by can be driven by field, like 'type' or 'node health' which user can decide and it can be supported by input argument

[benzvan]

I support this feature. Our infrastructure has more than 2 layers, so it would be great to sort by experience, application, service, etc.