# Group Docker containers in menu

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** cloud, agent, ui\
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797 "2022-04-19T14:38:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tlangner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@tlangner](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/tlangner)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797/1 "2022-04-19T14:38:40Z")

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## Problem/Question

My host runs a large number docker containers (\>50). Netdata automatically picks them up (which is awesome) but clutters the right-hand menu with a top-level node for [each container](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/2/2bde59bf245a083414e703ef912a7445afa670e3.jpeg) (not so awesome). Is there a way how all those nodes can be grouped under a single top-level node, say, “Docker Containers”?

I took a look at the underlying JS but couldn’t find a simple way to do this. Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![hugo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/hugo/32/3714_2.png) [@hugo](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/hugo)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797/2 "2022-04-19T15:34:03Z")

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Hi @tlangner ,

Welcome to Netdata forum and sharing your feedback/issue with us.

Wanted to double check, you’re raising this from a Netdata Cloud perspective or local Agent dashboard?  
For Netdata Cloud we have a ticket that will help on this issue [In-section filter for sections where multiple families and instances exist · Issue #295 · netdata/netdata-cloud · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata-cloud/issues/295)

At the local Agent dashboard we don’t have anything on our backlog at the moment.  
Not sure if this helps, our dashboard menu is built here - [dashboard/dashboard\_info.js at master · netdata/dashboard · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/dashboard/blob/master/src/dashboard_info.js)

Regards,  
Hugo

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**Author:** ![tlangner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@tlangner](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/tlangner)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797/3 "2022-05-09T21:18:49Z")

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Hey @hugo ,

Thanks for your reply. My question was for the local agent dashboard. I already had a look at the code that renders the dashboard but I didn’t find an easy way to get what I want. However, I’d expect most folks that use Netdata for monitoring docker to prefer a top-level node Docker under which all the containers are listed, so I’m wondering whether this would make sense to fix upstream as opposed to me fixing it locally.

Best,

Tobias

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**Author:** ![hugo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/hugo/32/3714_2.png) [@hugo](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/hugo)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/group-docker-containers-in-menu/2797/4 "2022-05-11T14:57:29Z")

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Hey @tlanger,

Thank you for clarifying that.

We have a ticket to do something in the lines of that (a bit more broader) on Netdata Cloud - [Dashboard menu (table of contents) could be built using the context · Issue #354 · netdata/netdata-cloud · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata-cloud/issues/354).

Once this is available on Netdata Cloud we will see what can apply and/or be used on the Netdata Agent.  
Still, in case you want to open a PR on the Netdata Agent dashboard you can do it and someone from the team will review it.

Hope this helps.

Regards,  
Hugo