Import audio file to group in Timeline - expected vs actual

Motion v3
expected:
create a new timeline row for object to live on (ala FCP)
click TL
click plus sign
verify a new group was created
File / Import - pick audio object
Import does occur - object appears in Canvas window above
actual:
Verify it imported to my new created group object in TL - not there....
how to find this imported object and get it in my newly created TL group ?
(btw who beta tests this software ??????)

I don't think it's a simple option to allow audio tracks to appear in groups because of the basic Motion workflow.
And I don't think it's limiting thinking. You have to consider what a program was designed for vs what it can do. End Users inevitably put programs to uses which the program itself was never intended and that's fine, but just because you work with audio one way in FCP doesn't mean that Motion should have the same workflow. Particularly if it impedes the main function of the program.
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