Group Node

The Group node is a visual container that holds child nodes and, when it exposes an output, combines their results using one of three evaluation modes: AND (intersection), OR (union), or SEQUENCE (terminal output). It is most commonly used to combine geographic audience branches built with Audience Builder.

When to Use

Use Group to organize a set of related nodes into one block and, optionally, to merge the outputs of the source nodes inside it — for example, intersecting two audience definitions so only areas matching both are kept.

Configuration

Modes

AND (Intersection): emits only the areas present in all of the group's source-node outputs, matched by area_code.

OR (Union): emits the union of the group's source-node outputs, deduplicated by area_code.

SEQUENCE: emits the output of the terminal (last) node in the group's internal sequence; no matching is performed.

Example

Intersect two audience branches so only areas in both are emitted:

evaluationMode: AND
hasOutputHandle: true

Notes

• The group combines the outputs of the source nodes inside it; it is a container, not a multi-input join node.
• AND and OR modes match on the area_code column, so they are designed for geographic audience records (such as Audience Builder output).
• A group only feeds downstream nodes when hasOutputHandle is true; otherwise it is purely organizational.
• To join two arbitrary data streams on a shared key, use Lookup Join instead.