Collections

Introduction

Collections A collection is a container for storing and organising ingested files and documents. Only the textual content is stored in collections, not the original files and documents. are used to add, ingest, view, edit and manage documents.

Collections can be searched and used to generate networks A container that stores information in nodes and links. See Nodes and Links topic for more information.

You can have multiple collections within a Project.

Add, Manage and View Documents

You can Add (Ingest) Documents from the Add Documents tab or use the Harvester feature.

Once documents are added, they are automatically ingested and stored in a Collection.

The documents can be viewed from the Documents tab, where you can Manage Documents or select a document to view in the Documents pane.

Open a Collection

When you select the Collections tab, the Manage Collections pane is displayed. Clicking on a Collection Name opens that Collection, displaying a list of the documents stored in that Collection.

On the Manage Collections pane, you can also create, copy, import, export, rename, reprocess and delete Collections. See Manage Collections.

Navigating a Collection

Once a Collection has been selected, four panes are available.

Once a Collection has been opened, the Document Collections pane is collapsed. This pane allows you to Manage Collections, including opening, creating, renaming, importing, exporting and deleting collections.
The Manage Documents pane allows you to manage documents, including adding, opening, reprocessing, renaming, exporting and deleting documents. See Manage Documents.
The Document pane allows you to view and edit a selected document. See Documents.
Ontology Section pane lists the Ontology currently applied to the documents.

Collections tabs

Below is a summary of each of the tabs displayed:

Add Documents tab: Allows you to add files for ingestion.

See Add (Ingest) Documents
Documents tab: Allows you to Manage Documents - where you choose to View and Edit Documents
Schedules tab: Allows you to schedule adding documents for ingestion. See Schedule Ingestion
Summary tab: Summarise a collection by document properties, ingestion properties or document tags. See Collection Summary
Settings tab: Select the document properties to appear in document view and also set security on the collection. See Collection Settings.
Background tasks tab: View the progress of ingestion or reprocessing tasks. See Collection Background Tasks.
Reprocess button: Reprocess the collection. See Process and Reprocess Documents.

Collections Toolbar

The Collections Toolbar

The Collections Toolbar enables you to modify settings that affect an entire collection A collection is a container for storing and organising ingested files and documents. Only the textual content is stored in collections, not the original files and documents..

	Task	Action
	Rename a collection	Select Rename Collection . Enter new name for your Collection. Select Rename.
	Copy a Collection	Select Copy Collection . Enter new name for your Collection. Select Copy.
	Export a Collection	Select Download Collection . Select Download. A zip file containing the Collection documents in xml format will be downloaded to your local file system.
	Delete a collection	Select Delete Collection . All documents within the Collection will be completely erased from Sintelix. You will not be able to retrieve them if you did not export a backup.
	Open the Add Documents Panel	Add (Ingest) Documents
	Process and Reprocess Documents	Option 1 (Basic): Select Reprocess. In the Ingestion Configuration list, select an Ingestion Configuration. Select Reprocess. Option 2 (Advanced): Select Reprocess. In the Ingestion Configuration list, select an Ingestion Configuration. Select the Exceptions check box. Select the check boxes for content you want include for reprocessing. Clear the check boxes for content you want to exclude from reprocessing. Select Reprocess.
	Delete all documents in a Collection	Select Delete Documents. Select Delete All.
	Open Networks generated from Collection
	Open Collection in Sintelix Search
	Open collection in text reference refinement