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  The description of a dynamic collection of monitored resources.
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# google\_monitoring\_group

The description of a dynamic collection of monitored resources. Each group
has a filter that is matched against monitored resources and their
associated metadata. If a group's filter matches an available monitored
resource, then that resource is a member of that group.


To get more information about Group, see:

* [API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/ref_v3/rest/v3/projects.groups)
* How-to Guides
    * [Official Documentation](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/groups/)

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## Example Usage - Monitoring Group Basic


```hcl
resource "google_monitoring_group" "basic" {
  display_name = "New Test Group"

  filter = "resource.metadata.region=\"europe-west2\""
}
```
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## Example Usage - Monitoring Group Subgroup


```hcl
resource "google_monitoring_group" "parent" {
  display_name = "New Test SubGroup"
  filter = "resource.metadata.region=\"europe-west2\""
}

resource "google_monitoring_group" "subgroup" {
  display_name = "New Test SubGroup"
  filter = "resource.metadata.region=\"europe-west2\""
  parent_name =  "${google_monitoring_group.parent.name}"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:


* `display_name` -
  (Required)
  A user-assigned name for this group, used only for display
  purposes.

* `filter` -
  (Required)
  The filter used to determine which monitored resources
  belong to this group.


- - -


* `parent_name` -
  (Optional)
  The name of the group's parent, if it has one. The format is
  "projects/{project_id_or_number}/groups/{group_id}". For
  groups with no parent, parentName is the empty string, "".

* `is_cluster` -
  (Optional)
  If true, the members of this group are considered to be a
  cluster. The system can perform additional analysis on
  groups that are clusters.
* `project` - (Optional) The ID of the project in which the resource belongs.
    If it is not provided, the provider project is used.


## Attributes Reference

In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are exported:


* `name` -
  A unique identifier for this group. The format is
  "projects/{project_id_or_number}/groups/{group_id}".


## Timeouts

This resource provides the following
[Timeouts](/docs/configuration/resources.html#timeouts) configuration options:

- `create` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `update` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.

## Import

Group can be imported using any of these accepted formats:

```
$ terraform import google_monitoring_group.default {{name}}
```

-> If you're importing a resource with beta features, make sure to include `-provider=google-beta`
as an argument so that Terraform uses the correct provider to import your resource.