Managing collections

Collections are logical groups of metadata that share a common member access list. For example, a collection can restrict metadata within a research project to the members of the project only. Members outside of the project cannot see the metadata.

Users with the Data Admin role can view all metadata that is collected by IBM Spectrum Discover and are not restricted by collections. Users with the Data Admin role can create policies that assign a collection value to a set of records, thus grouping a set of records under a collection.

Users with the Collection Admin role can add the Data User role to user for collections that they administer. Adding this role gives data users access to a particular collection, which allows the users to access the records that are marked with that collection value.

Collection User

Users with this role can access metadata that is collected by IBM Spectrum Discover, but metadata access can be restricted by the collections that are assigned to users in this role.

• Users assigned with the Collection User role can:
  • Run scans of collections the user is assigned.
  • View policies of the collections the user is assigned.
  • List any type of tag.
• Users assigned with the Collection User role cannot:
  • Create, update, and delete any policies.
  • Create, modify, and delete any tags.

Use the Collections page to manage collections.

Creating a collection

To create a collection, click Create Collection. For more information, see Creating collections.

Editing a collection

To edit a collection, select the collection that you want to edit and click Edit Collection. Use the Edit Collection window to edit the collection.

Deleting a collection

To delete a collection, select the collection that you want to edit and click Delete Collection.

Collections information

The Collections page includes the following information:

Collection Name

Indicates the name of the collection.

Description

Indicates the description of the collection.