EXFO FastReporter Data Post-Processing Software - Manual (Page 130)

Working with iOLM files
124 FastReporter
Managing Element
Group Element
Link elements will be displayed as groups when the iOLM analysis detects
several link elements that are too close to one another to be independently
characterized. When this occurs, as much information as possible will be
displayed for each individual sub-element. The pass/fail status is applied to
each sub-element whenever possible, and a global status is also displayed
for the group. Groups can also be displayed when a link element (such as a
splitter) is found to have wavelength dependant loss. In that case, the link
element is grouped with a macrobend element. In this particular case,
there might not be a physical macrobend next to the link element, but the
macrobend icon is used to highlight the presence of the wavelength
dependant loss. When elements are grouped, the group loss and group
reflectance value is also displayed in the Element tab.
Each sub-element is directly displayed as if they were normal elements.
For more details, see add element to group, on page 127.
Note: For grouped elements, some values may not be available individually but
are available at the group level such as loss and reflectance.
Group