Q There are a lot of groups in my organization's NAB (Names and Address Book). How can I find out which groups are empty?

A aclEZ contains a built-in tool called the NAB Group Navigator that lets you quickly find empty groups, and clean them out. Here's how to find them.

Before you begin:

This process assumes that you have already loaded a server in aclEZ's main grid. aclEZ: Open a server and/or selection of databasesSee this simple tutorial to learn how to load a server in aclEZ.

Instructions

Open the NAB Group Navigator by selecting the option from the 'Tools' menu

Step 1 Open the NAB Group Navigator by selecting the 'Tools > NAB Group Navigator…' option from the top menu.

Choose which NAB to explore and apply filters to narrow down your results accordingly

Step 2 Choose a server from the 'Server' drop-down menu.

Step 3 Choose which NAB to explore.

Step 4 Check the 'Empty Groups' filter option, found in the 'Additional Filters' filter group.

Step 5 Click 'Load'.

Empty groups are shown in both tree and grid layouts

Step 6 Empty groups will be shown in both the 'Tree Layout' and the 'Grid Layout'. You can choose which layout to work with by clicking its tab.

To deal with empty groups, right-click and open in your Notes clients

Step 7 To deal accordingly with a group, right-click the desired group and select the option to open in your Notes client.

This option is available in both tree and grid layouts.