You can temporarily hide a group that is not actively needed. A hidden group will not collect data, but it can be unhidden (along with all its blocks) when it is needed again. Hiding inactive groups is a good way to declutter the Watch Window interface without losing the work that went into adding and configuring the blocks in your groups.

To manage which groups are hidden and shown, select Manage... from the Group menu. Check the groups you want to have shown in the Watch Window. If any blocks in a group you are hiding are actively collecting data, they will be paused when you hide the group.

See also

• Adding groups to the Watch Window
• Copying a block from one group to another
• Creating a group automatically from a Function Block
• Deleting groups in the Watch Window
• Exporting a Watch Window group definition
• Importing a Watch Window group definition
• Importing a block list to the Watch Window
• Managing Data Collection in the Watch Window
• Managing Groups of Blocks in the Watch Window
• Pausing and unpausing data collection for entire watch groups
• Pausing data collection automatically in the Watch Window
• Printing the data plot from the Watch Window
• Renaming groups in the Watch Window
• Setting the autopause schedule for all blocks in a group
• Setting the update interval for a group of blocks in the Watch Window