KB46763: Grouping section in a document does not hide after migration even though it has been hidden in source environment running in MicroStrategy Web 9.4.1 and above

SYMPTOM:
In source environment, the document has a few attributes included in the grouping section. In Web, the user has disabled the display of the Grouping section in Web by unchecking Grouping option in Tools menu.
However, after migrating the document from one project to another through object manager package, the Grouping section is not hidden if running in the destination project in Web.
 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
The steps below are performed within Tutorial project.

• Create a report with Category, Year and Profit.
• Create document with the report. Add Year and Category to Grouping section.
   
  

• Edit document in Web. Go to Tools -> uncheck Grouping.
   
  

• Execute the document and verify that the Grouping section does not show. Save document.
   
  

• Use Object Manager to migrate the document from source project to target project.
• Run document in target project in Web. Notice that the Grouping section is exposed to users.
   
  

 
CAUSE:
The Show / Hide Grouping behavior is set at the Strategy Web front end. The current design is to display the grouping section by default, (regardless of the cookie settings), when opening the document if that group by section is not empty. When we make a change, it is stored the browser cache or cookie and will not be persisted into the document's definition, so once you open the same document in a different browser or machine, the change will be lost. 
As of May 2023 Strategy has no plans no change this behavior.