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Overview of Collection Types

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There are 3 b ways in which collections are created:

• Automated data collections: These collections are linked automatically tagged to your data based on different rules. An example is usage, which tags data and content used daily/weekly/monthly etc

• Automated platform collections: These collections are used for by the platform to control specific attributes. An example is data role, which allows you to assign users to a specific role within K.

• Manually created collections: Data Governance Managers, Data Managers and Administrators have the ability to create manual collections.

In total there are 7 collections types in K.

Automated collections are automatically linked to the data asset items and are shown under the data asset name.

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How Manual Collections Work

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Manual collections are a great way to group your data assets.

Each manual collection contains

data items. Below is a visual example of how data items are grouped into instances which are linked to a collection.

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After your link a data item to a collection, it will appear as an orange tag like the below example

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How to Create a Manual Collection

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• Select Platform Settings in the side bar

• In the pop-out side panelclick on Collections

• Click on New Collection

• Complete the details and click Next to edit the properties of the Instances in the collection

• Complete the form and click Create

• Next create the instances that will feed into the collection by clicking Add Instance

• Link your data asset to the new instances you’ve just created. There are two ways you can link your data items.