Customizing Views

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:

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.

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

Use Lock to preserve your layout after arranging things.