{"id":23813,"date":"2020-07-03T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T15:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v10-1\/?p=23813"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T11:12:33","slug":"grouping-nodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer.kore.ai\/v10-1\/docs\/bots\/bot-builder-tool\/dialog-task\/grouping-nodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Intent Scoping Using Node Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Node groups are primarily used for defining a group of nodes and representing them on the dialog canvas. Note that it is not a part of the dialog flow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Node groups can be used to improve the user experience with follow-ups, digressions, and amending entity values. For a use case example, <\/span>refer here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Add a Node Group<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

To add a node group to the dialog task, follow the below steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Dialog Task<\/strong> where you want to add the Group node.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Group the nodes<\/strong>. For steps in grouping nodes, <\/span>refer here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Once created, you cannot add or remove specific nodes from the group.<\/span><\/li>\n
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    1. Any node you add is added outside the group.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Any node you delete is deleted from the entire dialog.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Deleting a group will not delete the nodes within the group from the dialog.<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. If you want to change the nodes contained within a group, you need to delete the respective group, then to recreate it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      Configure a Node Group<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

      The Group Node functionality includes the following:<\/span><\/p>\n