A collection is like
a group of bookmarks. By default, creating a collection is restricted
to administrative and advanced users. Someone with the
Visual
Analytics: Administration role can grant you the capability
to work with collections. You can create a collection that points
to your favorite reports, explorations, stored processes, tables,
queries, folders, and favorite groups.
To create a new collection:
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Do one of the following:
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On the home page, click
Manage to
the right of the
My Content heading. The
Manage
My Content window is displayed.
Click
to open the menu, and then select
Create
a Collection. The
Create a Collection window
is displayed.
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In the object inspector, click
Collections.
Then, select
Create a Collection. The
Create
a Collection window is displayed.
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Enter a
Name for
the collection.
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Click
Browse to
select a
Location for the collection. The
Choose
a Location window is displayed.
Select an existing folder
or create a new one. You can also add an existing collection to a
collection. Click
OK to return to the
Create
a Collection window.
Note: When you create a new collection,
you can add items to it from within the
Manage My Content window
only if the collection is a root collection in
My Collections.
For example, if you create
Collection B,
and add it to
Collection A,
then
Collection B appears on
the right side of the
Manage My Content window
and you cannot add items to it.
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(Optional) If you opened
the
Create a Collection window from the object
inspector, then you can clear the
Add the new collection
to My Content check box. This means that the new collection
is not displayed on the home page next to the
Favorites link.
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Click
Add.
If you are in the
Manage My Content window,
then the new collection is displayed on the left.
In the
Manage
My Content window, you can rename, remove, or permanently
delete a collection by right-clicking on the name of the collection
and selecting the applicable option.