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Item collections

Organise items by collection​

Collections provide a way to segregate items according to their usage.

Items can only belong to one collection at a time. When you create an item, you must choose one of the collections allowed by the item's design.

To move an item to a different collection, you can edit the item and change the value of its Collection property.

Collection types​

There are four collection types in Alloy:

  • Live - items in use. The default for most items.

  • Archive - items no longer in use. Archiving items is typically preferable to deleting them, as their data is retained and can be unarchived if needed later.

  • Inventory - items that will be used. These can be physical assets (e.g. spare parts in a warehouse) or activities to be performed in future.

  • Template - reusable "draft" items that you can base new items on. See Template items.

Set the allowed collections​

All designs/interfaces allow the Live and Archive collections.

When you create or edit a design, you can select which other collections are allowed. These will be selectable when someone creates/edits an item of that design.

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