Display Groups

A Display Group is a named bundle of displays. Schedule once to the group, every member display gets the content. Display groups can be static (you manage membership by hand) or dynamic (membership updates automatically based on matching rules).

In the UI, this page is titled Screen Groups — same thing.

How to get there: Sidebar → Display Groups (under the Displays group), or /display-groups.

Page layout

Like the Displays page, this is a folder-tree-on-left, table-on-right layout.

• Left: folder tree. Click a folder to filter the table; right-click a folder for Manage Permissions, Create Folder, Delete Folder.
• Right: the groups themselves. The header shows three live counts: Total Groups, Dynamic (blue), Static (green).

On viewports under 1024px, the table swaps to a card list.

A + button in the page header opens the Create Screen Group dialog (admins / users with display-group write permission only).

Columns

Column	What it shows
Group	Group name. Clickable — opens the group detail page at /display-groups/[id].
Type	A badge: Dynamic (blue, sparkle icon) or Static (gray, layers icon).
Members	A “View members” link. Click to open the Members dialog (see below).
Description	The optional description set when creating the group.
Dynamic Criteria	The criteria string for dynamic groups. Static groups show ”—”.

Type appears at md and above; Members and Dynamic Criteria appear at lg and above.

The toolbar provides search by name and a Type filter (Dynamic / Static).

Static vs dynamic groups

Static groups

Membership is manual. Add or remove displays one at a time.

• Add a display: right-click the group → Add Display → pick from the list → Add Selected.
• Remove a display: open the group detail page (/display-groups/[id]) → remove from the members list there.

Dynamic groups

Membership is driven by criteria. Any display matching the criteria is automatically a member; if a display stops matching, it’s removed.

When Dynamic is toggled on in the create dialog, you get four extra fields:

Field	What it does
Dynamic criteria	A search expression run against display names / hostnames. Example: Lobby matches every display with “Lobby” in the name.
Dynamic Criteria Tags	Match by tag instead of (or in addition to) name.
Exact Tags	No = match if the display has any of the given tags. Yes = match only if it has all of them.
Logical Operator	OR (default) or AND — combines the name expression and tag expression.

Tip

Dynamic groups shine for large fleets. Tag every display in a building with a location tag, then create a dynamic group with that tag as criteria. New displays at that location join the group as soon as they’re tagged.

See Tags for tag management.

Creating a group

1. Click the + button in the page header. The Create Screen Group dialog opens.
2. Fill in:
   • Name — required.
   • Description — optional.
   • Dynamic group — toggle on for a dynamic group; off for a static group.
   • (Dynamic only) the criteria fields above.
   • Tags — comma-separated tags applied to the group itself.
   • Bandwidth Limit (bytes) — leave at 0 for unlimited; otherwise the rate-limit applied to member displays.
3. Click Create Group.

Static groups created this way are empty — add displays after the fact.

Members dialog

The View members link in the table (or the View Members action in the row context menu) opens a read-only dialog listing every display in the group, with their description and ID. Use it as a quick check; it doesn’t let you change membership.

Row actions (right-click)

Right-click any group row to get:

Action	What it does
View Members	Opens the members dialog.
Add Display	Opens a dialog of available displays to add to this group (write permission required).
Edit Group	Navigates to the group detail page for editing.
Delete	Deletes the group (delete permission required).

Bulk delete

Select rows with the checkboxes (admins / users with delete permission see them). The Bulk Action Bar appears at the bottom with a Delete button. Confirm twice — the deletion is permanent.

Scheduling to a group

In the Schedules screen, target a display group instead of an individual display. Every current member receives the schedule. With dynamic groups, that means new displays joining the group automatically pick up the schedule too.

Permissions

• The page appears only when your role includes display group access.
• The + button (create) requires write permission on display groups.
• Add Display and Edit Group require write permission.
• Delete (single or bulk) requires delete permission.

Hidden system groups

OTS Signs keeps a few system groups hidden so this list stays focused on the groups you manage.

Related

• Displays — manage individual screens.
• Sync Groups — for video walls and frame-accurate sync.
• Tags — drive dynamic group membership.
• Schedules — target a group with content.