# Specify a parent Diagram element

For each diagram, you can specify another diagram as its parent diagram. Parent diagrams allow you to organize diagrams in a hierarchy.

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All diagrams that have the same parent diagram are shown as branches below the parent diagram in the tree.

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## Steps

1. Select Configuration, then browse to Monitoring.
2. Browse to Diagrams.
3. Right-click the diagram for which you want to specify a parent diagram, then select Properties.
4. Click Select.
5. Select a parent diagram from the diagram list.
6. Click OK.
   The diagram is now displayed as a branch under the selected parent diagram in the tree.