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In a distributed setup, you can use the contact groups from the remote site to see only certain things provided by this contact group on the central viewer site.

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You can ignore this how-to if you have a distributed setup where you enable WATO and manage the contact groups central.

Getting Started

Background information regarding this subject is available on our:

Step-by-step guide

Config on the remote site
1. Create a contact group on the remote site.
  
  Setup → Users → Contact Groups → Add Group
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2. Assign hosts and services to this contact group.
  
  For Hosts
  
  Setup → Hosts → Host monitoring Rules → Assignment of hosts to contact groups → Add rule
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  For Services
  
  Setup → Services → Service monitoring rules → Assignment of services to contact groups → Add rule
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3. Assign the contact group to the user.
  
  Setup → Users → Edit User
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Config on the central site

1. Setup → Users → Edit User
  
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2. If you now log in to the central viewer site, you will only see the hosts/services you're a member of.
  
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