MySQL table for contactgroups +-------------------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | contactgroup_name | alias | members | +-------------------+-----------------------------+---------------+ | host-contacts | Contacts group for Hosts | host-pager | | host-contacts | Contacts group for Hosts | test | | host-contacts | Contacts group for Hosts | host-email | | service-contacts | Contacts group for Services | service-pager | | service-contacts | Contacts group for Services | service-email | +-------------------+-----------------------------+---------------+ Output of export from table define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name host-contacts alias Contacts group for Hosts members host-pager } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name host-contacts alias Contacts group for Hosts members test } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name host-contacts alias Contacts group for Hosts members host-email } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name service-contacts alias Contacts group for Services members service-pager } define contactgroup{ contactgroup_name service-contacts alias Contacts group for Services members service-email }