# Collections

The main difference between grouping assets via Folders, Labels, My favourites vs Collections is that the membership of assets to a group is *dynamic* when using collections. This means that assets are automatically added or removed from a collection based on their technical properties and metadata values.

{% hint style="info" %}
Example: A collection of *Cars* may contain all assets tagged with `#car` or having "Car" as a value in the metadata field "Vehicle type".
{% endhint %}

## Collections view <a href="#collections-view" id="collections-view"></a>

You can access the Collections view from the main menu on the Library page.

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### Collections sub-menu

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In the collections list, the collections submenu has the following options:

* **Name**: sort by name ascending or descending
* “**Sort” icon**: if the collections are currently sorted by name ascending, then this will sort them descending and vice-versa
* **“Planet” icon**: allows to select the metadata/tags language
* **Refresh**: refreshes the collections list
* **"Info" icon**: if an asset is selected, provide additional details for it
* "**Cart icon**": a collection of downloaded assets.

## Managing collections <a href="#managing-collections" id="managing-collections"></a>

### Add a new collection <a href="#add-a-new-collection" id="add-a-new-collection"></a>

You can do this by clicking on the button `+ Add collection`. A pop-up configuration panel will appear, prompting you to specify the collection’s name and settings.

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* **Name** - Please specify a meaningful collection name
* **Access** - by default it is Company. Only users with access to DAM Hub can see these assets.
* **Groups-** The groups contain a list of pre-defined collection criteria that can be combined together.

### Edit collections <a href="#edit-collections" id="edit-collections"></a>

Click on the "Settings" icon in the left panel of the page to open the Configuration window, which allows you to manage your collections.

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That will open the "Manage collections" window where you can Search, Add new collections, Edit the current configuration or Delete existing collections.<br>

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