Customizing Views
Tailor your topology with grouping rules, edge filters, and manual layout.
Each topology perspective can be customized with grouping rules, edge filters, and manual positioning to show exactly what you need.
Grouping Rules
Grouping rules change how things are organized in your topology. Use the Group by controls in the toolbar to apply them. Each perspective has a fixed top-level container rule and a customizable set of element rules that organize nodes within those containers.
Container rules define what the main containers are:
- Subnet — L3 Logical's container rule
- Application — Application's container rule
- Host — L2 Physical and Workloads' container rule
- Docker Bridges — On L3 Logical, collapses Docker bridge subnets into their host
Element rules organize nodes within each container into sub-groups. Each rule applies to specific perspectives:
| Rule | Applies to |
|---|---|
| Service Category | Application, Workloads |
| Tag | All perspectives |
| Hypervisor | Workloads |
| Container Runtime | Workloads |
| Docker Stack | L3 Logical, Application |
| Trunk Ports | L2 Physical |
| VLAN | L2 Physical (groups access ports by native VLAN) |
| Port Status | L2 Physical |
Edge Filtering
Each perspective shows different connection types. Use the edge filter controls to toggle connection types on or off. Some connections are shown by default and others are available as overlays — toggle them on when you need the extra detail.
Overlays available depend on the perspective. On L3 Logical, for example, Same Container links the addresses of a container attached to several bridge subnets (hidden by default), and Container Runtime connects each bridge subnet to its host.
Clicking a connection highlights what it relates: for a relationship edge — such as Same Host or Same Container — the whole set of nodes it ties together lights up, while a point-to-point edge highlights only its own segment.
Metadata Filtering
Beyond tags, some perspectives offer metadata filter groups that fade everything except the elements you're interested in. The By staleness group (Current / Stale) narrows the view to entities discovery hasn't seen within their network's window — see Staleness. Other groups include service category and, on Workloads, virtualization type. A filter group only appears when the entities in view actually differ on that dimension.
Tag-Based Filtering
Filter your topology by tags to focus on what matters. Filtered elements fade to reduced opacity instead of disappearing, so the overall layout stays stable while your focus area stands out.
Positioning and Layout
- Drag nodes to reposition hosts and services (requires Edit Mode)
- Drag container edges to resize containers
- Click connections to show handles, then drag to reroute them
Your manual layout is preserved automatically as discovery continues.