# \#sharding

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## [Do I need to switch to the alpha node of the corresponding group to query the information in different groups](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/do-i-need-to-switch-to-the-alpha-node-of-the-corresponding-group-to-query-the-information-in-different-groups/9917)

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**Author:** [@tss](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/tss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/do-i-need-to-switch-to-the-alpha-node-of-the-corresponding-group-to-query-the-information-in-different-groups/9917 "2020-09-01T07:20:10Z")

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I have the following two questions: We know that dgraph is sliced according to its attributes, Why are the data added in the same group? If I manually put the name into group2, I need to switch the alpha server in gro…