Manage collections

You can view and manage collections on the Collections page and access a collection's Overview, Components, Alerts, and Settings pages by clicking the name of a collection. The Overview page provides information related to status, collected attributes, important metrics, and the number of open alerts. The Components page provides a list of the collection's components and their individual alert status. The Alerts page provides a list of alerts for components that are associated with the collection. The Settings page allows you to edit the name, description, and feature service settings for a collection, edit the expression, and configure notifications and incidents specific to that collection.

Learn more about the collection feature service schema

View collection details and components

You can view collection details on the collection's Overview page and view a list of its components on the collection's Components page. You must be assigned a Viewer role to view collection details. To view a collection's details and its components, complete the following steps:

1. Access ArcGIS Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with the following status indicators:

   Status	Icon	Description
   Incident active		There is an active incident and monitoring and alerting are paused for all components in the collection.
   Monitoring off		One or more observers are turned off and monitoring is disabled.
   Alerting off		Alerting is turned off for all metrics in the collection.
   No data		Observers for all metrics in the collection failed to collect data.
   Nominal		No alerts are open.
   Info		There is an open info alert. This may require further investigation.
   Warning		There is an open warning alert. This requires further investigation.
   Critical		There is an open critical alert. This requires immediate investigation.

   Note:

   The status of a collection is inherited from its components. The status will reflect the component with the most severe status.

3. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by collection name or description text box to search for specific collections.
4. Click the name of the collection you want to view.

   The collection's Overview page appears with collection details and metrics.

5. Optionally, click the Filter by date drop-down arrow, choose a predefined time range or use the date picker to define a custom time range, and click Apply to constrain the metric data to the chose time range.
6. Click the Components tab.

   The collection's Components page appears with a list of its components sorted alphabetically by component name.

   Learn more about managing components

7. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click Hide and specify the columns to hide or show.
   • Position the pointer at the edge of a column's header and drag the column's edge to resize it.
   • Click Labels and filter the list by the specified labels.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by component name or address text box to search for specific collections.

Edit collections

You can edit the name and description of a collection on the collection's Settings page. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to edit collections. To edit a collection, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with a list of collections sorted alphabetically by collection name.

3. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by collection name or description text box to search for specific collections.
4. Click the More options button for the collection you want to edit and click Edit in settings.

   The collection's Settings page appears.

5. Click Edit next to Name on the Settings page.

   The Edit collection dialog box appears.

6. Edit the collection's name and description as necessary in the Collection name and Description text boxes.
7. Click Save.

   The collection is updated.

Edit collection feature service settings

You can turn the collection feature service on or off and configure its security settings. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to edit collection feature service settings. To edit collection feature service settings, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with a list of collections sorted alphabetically by collection name.

3. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by collection name or description text box to search for specific collections.
4. Click More options for the collection whose feature service you want to edit and click Edit in settings.

   The collection's Settings page appears.

5. Click Edit next to Enable feature service on the Settings page.

   The Feature service settings dialog box appears.

6. Edit the collection's feature service settings as necessary.
7. Click Save.

   The collection's feature service settings are updated.

Edit collection expressions

You can edit collection expressions from a collection's Settings page. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to edit collection expressions. To edit a collection expression, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with a list of collections sorted alphabetically by collection name.

3. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by collection name or description text box to search for specific collections.
4. Click the More options button for the collection that contains the expression that you want to edit and click Edit in settings.

   The collection's Settings page appears.

5. Click Expression on the side of the page.

   The Expression page appears.

6. Click Edit.

   The expression builder changes to edit mode.

7. Edit the expression as necessary.
8. Optionally, click Test and click the Results tab to show a list of components that match the expression.
9. Click Save.

   The collection expression is updated.

Add a collection to your favorites

You can add collections that you want to closely monitor to your list of favorite items and access them on the My favorites page. To add a collection to your favorites, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with a list of collections sorted alphabetically by collection name.

3. Optionally, do any or all of the following:
   • Click Sort and change the sorting method.
   • Click Filter and create a query to filter the list.
   • Click the categories on the side of the page to filter the list by the specified category.
   • Type a keyword in the Search by collection name or description text box to search for specific collections.
4. Click Add to favorites for a collection to add it to your favorites list.

   Tip:

   To remove a collection from your favorites list, click Remove from favorites .

Delete a collection

When a collection is deleted, attached notifications and incidents are also deleted. All the components in the collection remain registered, retain their labels, and are still subject to qualifying incidents and custom notifications. You must be assigned the Administrator or Manager role to delete collections. To delete a collection, complete the following steps:

1. Access Monitor, if necessary.

   The Home page appears.

2. Click Collections.

   The Collections page appears with a list of collections sorted alphabetically by collection name.

3. Click the More options button for the collection you want to delete and click Delete.

   A confirmation dialog box appears.

   Caution:

   Deleting a collection is permanent and can't be undone.

4. Click Delete.

The collection is deleted. All the components in the collection remain registered and retain their labels. Attached notifications and analyses are also deleted.