The Group By feature helps you organize and summarize your records by categorizing them based on a chosen field. It allows you to analyze patterns, compare values, and view related records together without creating separate views.
What is Group By?
Group By lets you cluster records that share value in a chosen field (like Status, Category, Owner, or Date). Each group can display a summary, count, or calculation, making it easier to understand trends and totals at a glance.
Example:
Group tasks by Status (To Do, In Progress, Completed) to instantly see how work is distributed.
What you'll need
A table containing Grid view
A Grid view with supported field types
Who can use it and on which plan?
Zoho Tables plan | Can group records? |
Free | Yes |
Professional | Yes |
Who has access?
User category | Group access |
Owner | Create, edit, manage, and configure group settings |
Manager and Editor | Create, edit, manage, and configure group settings |
Data Maintainer, Commenter, and Viewer | Can access only the grouped data |
How to apply Group By
Open a table and navigate to your preferred Grid view.
In the view bar, you'll find the Group icon to group fields.
Click + Add Group.
Choose the field you want to group records by.
Choose the order in which you want the grouping to appear.
The view will refresh and display records grouped under headers.
Supported field types
You can group records using:
Single-select/Multi-select
Collaborator
Date-Time
Text
AI field types
Number
Percentage
Link
Using aggregations in groups
For the fields, you can enable summaries within each group, such as Sum, Average, Minimum, Maximum, Date Range, Percentage, etc.
Example:
Group expenses by Category field, and show the Sum of Amount for each group by enabling summary for that field.
Expand and collapse groups
Click the arrow in the left-side of the group header to collapse records and focus on summaries.
Click the arrow to expand again to view individual records.
This is useful when working with large datasets.
Multi-level grouping
You may apply more than one Group By field to create nested grouping.
Example:
First group by Department, then by Status within each department.
Reordering groups
In case of multi-level grouping, you can reorder the order in which the records are grouped.
You can navigate to the Group option, and hover over the drag icon.
Drag and drop the field to change the order.
Example:
The records may have been grouped by Department first and then by Team. With the reorder option, you can group the records by Team first and then by Department.
Removing Group By
Go to Group.
Click the delete icon next to the field to clear that specific grouping.