| SAS Namespace Hierarchy and Association Diagrams |
| Grouping Hierarchy |
The Grouping Hierarchy Diagram depicts the hierarchy of the metadata types defined to represent collections of data.
Grouping Hierarchy Diagram
![[Grouping Hierarchy Diagram]](images/grouping-hierarchy.gif)
| Grouping Associations |
The Grouping Associations Diagram illustrates the associations between the Root, Group, Tree, and SoftwareComponent metadata types.
Grouping Associations Diagram
![[Grouping Associations]](images/grouping-assns.gif)
| Home Folder Associations |
The Home Folder Associations Diagram illustrates the associations between the Tree metadata type (which is used to represent a Folder in the SAS Folders tree) and the Identity metadata type.
Home Folder Associations Diagram
![[Home Folder Associations]](images/grouping-homefolderassns.gif)
| Favorites Associations |
The FavoritesContainer Associations Diagram illustrates the associations between the FavoritesContainer metadata type (which represents a marker that users set in the SAS Folders tree) and the PrimaryType metadata type.
FavoritesContainer Associations Diagram
![[FavoritesContainer Associations]](images/grouping-favoriteassns.gif)
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