Overview
A collection is a curated group of snapshots documents.
A collection is created by a space administrator in a space - the collection manager who created the collection. The collection manager configures the collection permissions to manage the Confluence users and user groups who
can view the collection (collection viewers)
contribute to the collection (collection contributors)
Once a collection is created
snapshots can be created and added by collection contributors in the space
snapshots can be added from other spaces linked to the collection
the space administrator can manage the collection in the space and snapshots in collections using the snapshot publishing dashboard
The collection manager must be a space administrator and be a member of the user group added to Snapshot Publishers in the app global configuration.
Create a collection
Collections can be created by a space administrator in any space that is enabled for snapshot publishing using the space tools snapshot publishing dashboard.
A space enabled for snapshot publishing creates a default collection for the space. This collection name is the spacekey for the space.
Choose the Add Collection button option.
In the New Collection dialog box add a name for the collection. You can also add a description.
The collection permissions for Viewers and Contributors can be added now or amended later. To add user permissions for the collection
choose Viewers/Contributors dropdown Groups menu
select Groups or Users
use the Unset drop down menu to add one or more Confluence user groups or users
Choose Save to create the collection and add to the current space.
On a Confluence document in the space, the added collection will be available as a collection option in the snapshot publishing popup to add a snapshot document.
If a user is not added as a contributor, the collection will not be available to add a snapshot document in the snapshot publishing popup for that user.
Managing a collection in a space
A space administrator can manage a collection in a space using the space snapshot publishing dashboard using the ellipsis menu option for each collection.
The Edit and Remove options will only be accessible if the current space administrator is also the collection manager for the collection.
Managing a snapshot in a collection
A snapshot in a collection in the space can be managed by the space administrator using the snapshot ellipsis menu for each snapshot.
A space administrator can
link the snapshot to another collection in the space
move the snapshot to another collection in the space
remove the snapshot from the current collection
Linking a collection to a space
Collections created in other spaces can be linked to a space that is enabled for snapshot publishing using the space tools snapshot publishing dashboard.
Linking a collection created in another space allows users in the current space to add snapshots from the space to that collection.
