Publish a collection

Like stories, collections are authored in a private builder environment. During the collection creation process, a collection is automatically saved in draft status. These drafts are only visible to the author and others with administrative privileges in your organization. Publishing is the process that moves a collection from draft status to published status and enables sharing it to a broader audience and the Present view. When a collection is published, the following occur:

• The builder checks for issues related to the sharing settings of any ArcGIS content used, such as apps and stories added to the collection item.
• The collection is made accessible to your selected audience: Private, My organization, Everyone (Public), or groups.
• For collections that are shared with everyone, summary information about the collection is made available to search engines and social media platforms.

Use the following steps to publish a collection:

1. Click Publish in the collection builder header.
2. In the Collection card panel, customize the details, or social metadata, that will display when the collection appears on social media sites and in search engine results. Update the thumbnail image, title, or summary.

   This information will also be used to represent the collection on your My Projects page in ArcGIS StoryMaps and when it appears in ArcGIS.

   • Update the thumbnail image, title, or summary.
   • Use the Update ArcGIS item details when publishing check box to control whether the collection's ArcGIS item details are updated with the share card information each time the collection is published.
   • Use the Reset button to remove edits made to the collection card details. After you reset, the collection card will use the current collection title, subtitle, and thumbnail unless you edit them again in Publish options.

Note:

Advanced users who prefer to manage item details manually should uncheck the Update ArcGIS item details when publishing check box to prevent their item details from being overwritten.

3. Choose the audience for your collection: Private, My organization, or Everyone (Public). Optionally, share the story with people in specific groups through the Group settings section.

   Note:

   Each item in a collection has a sharing level that may not match the sharing level selected for the collection. If a viewer does not have access to a collection item, it will not be displayed.

The collection is published and available to the selected audience.