Reorder and organize nodes

1. Click in the List View
2. On the Layout tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click Sort By, and then click a sort option.

By default, nodes are organized alphanumerically in List View.

1. In List View, click the required node then press ⌘+C to copy or ⌘+X to move.
2. Click a destination node folder or parent node then press ⌘+V.
   If you paste the node onto another node you create a node hierarchy. The node you moved becomes the child of the other node. Aggregate nodes (gather all content in a parent node)

You can also drag and drop nodes to move them between folders.

When you copy or move a node, it retains its classification, coding, annotations, links and relationships.

You can merge one or more nodes into a new node or into an existing node. Merging can be a useful when two nodes have a similar meaning or content—for example, you could merge the nodes farming and cultivation into the node agriculture.

1. In List View, select the nodes that you want to merge into a new or existing node.
2. Press ⌘+C .
3. In the List View, select the target node you want to merge with, or the node folder where you want to create the new node.
4. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Merge, and then select a merge option. Press the Option key when you click the Merge command to delete the original node once it has been merged.
5. Select options for merging:
   • Merge child nodes If the nodes being merged have child nodes, move the children to the target parent node.
   • Append linked memos Add the content of any linked memos to the end of the target's linked memo.

NOTE  If you merge a child node into a parent node that has aggregation turned on, NVivo will count the references twice (unless you delete the merged child node).

• Click on the node in List View, the on the Home tab in the Item group, click Get Info.

Use the Description field to add information about the meaning of the node so that you (or your team members) can use them consistently when coding. Share a list of your nodes and their descriptions by exporting a codebook. The Description column is not visible by default—you can display the Description column in List View.