An administrator can create a private or shared collection. An operator can create only a private collection.

You can create a collection using the Dashboard option in the management console or the collection editor in a resource's details page. For more information on creating collections using the collection editor, refer to Create a collection from the details page of a resource.

To create a collection of OpenEdge Management resources using the Dashboard option:

  1. Click Dashboard > New > Collection in the OpenEdge Management console menu.
    The Create new Collection page appears.
  2. Provide the following properties:
    • Name — Type the name of the collection
    • Parent — From the drop-down list, choose one of the parent collections (thereby making the newly created collection a child) from the following table:
      Value Description
      My Collections Collections that are private and available only to you
      My Collections.Home A collection created by default for a user
      Shared Collections Collections available to all other users of OpenEdge Management
    • Description — An optional description of the collection.
  3. Select the members of the collection by following these steps:
    1. In the List resource of type field, you can choose resource types by either choosing from the available resources or selecting the wildcard (*). If you select the wildcard, all resource types are selected. In addition, any newly created resource will automatically be added as a member of the collection, and any deleted resource will automatically be deleted from the collection.
    2. In the for adminserver field, you can choose the AdminServers either by choosing from those available or by choosing the wildcard. If you choose the wildcard, all AdminServers are selected. Any newly created AdminServer is automatically added as a member of the collection, and any deleted AdminServer is automatically deleted from the collection.

    Note that you can also choose all available referenceable collections by choosing collections in the for AdminServer field.

  4. Click Apply Filter. The list of collections that match the filter specifications appear in the Available list.
  5. Select the resources, as follows:
    • To select all the databases as members of the collection, click Select All. Then click the right arrow.
    • To choose one or more individual databases, highlight and click each database you want to include. Then click the right arrow.

    The databases appear in the Selected list.

  6. Click Save. The default view page for that new collection appears.
    Note: OpenEdge Management displays collections for each its members, in the form of labels. You can view the list of collections in the Resources page and also as labels in the resource details page. For more information on accessing and viewing collections appearing as labels, refer to Access and view collections as labels.