--- title: "Manage Stations & Station Groups" slug: "manage-stations-and-station-groups" updated: 2025-08-21T03:24:42Z published: 2025-08-21T03:24:42Z canonical: "docs.akridata.ai/manage-stations-and-station-groups" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.akridata.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Manage Stations & Station Groups A station group is a set of stations across manufacturing lines with the same purpose and identical model. This setup allows for aggregate management of models and data produced by identical stations, facilitating easy scaling. A station group is associated with a dataset to which the captured data is added. Refer to the [Overview of Vision Command](https://docs.akridata.ai/docs/view-inspection-studio) topic for more details. This article explains how to create and manage stations under a station group and how to analyze the station data. ## Create Station Groups Once you have created a line for the factory, you can add one or more stations as needed. Each station must be hosted under a station group, so create a station group before creating a station for the line. 1. On the **Vision Command** screen, click the **Station Groups** icon on the left navigation panel. 2. In the **Station Groups** window, enter **Name** and **Description** for the group. 3. Select the **Model Type**. This is the type of model that would be used for inference on the particular station group. A specific type will result in catalog views appropriate for that type being created on the dataset automatically. - Generic - Classification - Object Detection - Segmentation ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/add-station-grp(1).jpg) 4. To keep track of defect metrics, you need to identify the class names that represent good(non-defect) classes. Enter class names for the **Good Classes** and press **Enter** or click the **Add** option. 5. Click **Save** to create the station group. 6. Attach a dataset. You can create a new dataset and attach, or attach an existing dataset to the station group. 1. To attach a new dataset: 1. In the **Attach Dataset** screen, enter the dataset name, for example vision_command. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attached-is-dataset.jpg) 2. Customize the **Pipeline Summary**, if needed, and click **Attach**. 3. Accept the licenses and click **Save**. The new dataset gets created and attached to the station group. 2. To select an existing dataset, 1. In the **Attach Dataset** screen, select a dataset from the drop-down list. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attach-dataset(1).jpg) 2. Click **Attach**. You can now create a station and assign it to a Station Group. ## Manage Station Groups Once you have created a station group, you can perform various activities to manage the group as needed. In the left navigation pane, click the **Station Groups** icon, and locate the **Station Group** card. ### Edit Station Group 1. Click the 3-dots icon, and click **Edit** to make any changes to the station group. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/edit-station-grp.jpg) 1. Alternatively, click the **View** button at the bottom of the card. 2. In the **Station Group** screen, click the **Edit** option (the pen icon) on the top-right corner. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/station-grp-edit-option.jpg) 2. Make the required changes, and click **Save** to save the Station Group. ### Copy Station Group ID 1. Click the 3-dots icon, and click **Copy Station Group ID**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/copy-station-grp-id.jpg) 2. Paste the copied ID to find the station group while associating it with an existing station. ### Attach/Detach Dataset A station group should be associated with a dataset where the captured images of that station group are uploaded. 1. Click the 3-dots icon, and click **Attach Dataset**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attach-dataset-1.jpg) 1. Alternatively, click the **View** button at the bottom of the card. 2. In the **Station Group** screen, click the arrow head adjacent to the Dataset option and select **Attach Dataset**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attach-dataset-2.jpg) 2. Create a new dataset or select an existing dataset. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attach-dataset(2).jpg) 1. To attach a new dataset: 1. In the **Attach Dataset** screen, enter the dataset name, for example vision_command. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attached-is-dataset.jpg) 2. Customize the **Pipeline Summary**, if needed, and click **Attach**. 2. To select an existing dataset, The selected dataset gets attached to the Station Group. In addition, the Dashboard starts displaying the health of each station attached to the dataset, for the factories created. 1. In the **Attach Dataset** screen, select a dataset from the drop-down list. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/attach-dataset(1).jpg) 2. Click **Attach**. You can remove the dataset from the group anytime by selecting the **Detach Dataset** option. ### Add/Remove Stations In case you have removed a station earlier from any Station Group, you can add those stations to the Station Group. 1. Click the 3-dots icon, and click **Add Station**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/add-stations-3-dots-icon.jpg) 1. Alternatively, click the **View** button at the bottom of the card. 2. In the **Station Group** screen, click the **+Add Station** button appearing on the top-right corner. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/add-station-button(1).jpg) 2. In the **Add Station** window, select the station available to be added, and click **Add**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/select-station-to-add.jpg) The selected station gets added to the Station Group. You can remove the station from the group anytime by selecting the **Remove Station** option. ### Add/Delete Station Group 1. Click the **+Add Station Group** button on the top-right corner to add a new station group. 2. Click the 3-dots icon for a group, and click **delete** to delete the Station Group from the factory line. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/delete-station-grp-3-dots-icon.jpg)