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Status Submitted
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 10, 2026

Allow sources, policies, protection groups, etc. to be organized in a matter other than source type.

Currently, as sources are defined, the way the information is displayed is by the type of source. So, all vSphere, SAN, SQL sources are displayed with the same type.  This makes it difficult to find sources in a way meaningful to the operator.  Ideally, one could add some sort of grouping so that source related to one another are displayed.  This concept also applies to policies and protection groups, which have their own default displays that are not easy to manage at large scale.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Feb 10, 2026

    This will be a big help in navigation of the functionality of Defender.