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Collections

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Last updated: 17-09-2026

A collection groups documents sharing a common characteristic — a research theme, a series, a special holding — and gives them a public landing page of their own. Collections exist for dedicated organisations only, and are managed by their administrator.

Search documents within a collection

  • Use the facet "Collections" to filter an existing search
  • On the document detailed view, click on the collection
    • In the public interface, this opens a document search within this collection
    • In the administration interface, this opens the settings of the collection
  • Use the collection public permalink
    • Link structure: https://sonar.ch/[view]/collections/[PID]
    • This link can be found by clicking on a collection on a document detailed view
A collection landing page, with its name, its description and the documents it groups
Example of a collection landing page

Manage the settings of a collection

  1. Open the administration interface
  2. Open Administration > Collections
  3. Edit a collection
Field Description
Name Displayed in the collection facet, document detailed view and collection landing page.
Description Displayed on the collection landing page.

Manage the documents linked to a collection

See Manage documents, section Add a document to a collection.


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