The Collections window is used to group data into collections and display Search Results. The user can then implement operations on all the items in a collection in one action. On the Home tab, in the Search group, click Collections to display the Collections window.

The Collections window allows the user to generate collections of database elements which the user needs to work on. Each time the user accesses the Collections window, in any of the modules that use it (DRAW, MODEL and SPOOL), the data collections generated is displayed enabling elements to be easily transferred between these modules.

The contents of Collections persists between applications and module switching, as well as between sessions. The data stored is per user, per project in the AVEVA_DESIGN_USER directory, for example, in Design the user can add elements to Collections and then switch to DRAW to use the same data.

The Collections window consists of two parts:

The lower part of the window is the Contents grid, which displays the status of each item in the collection currently selected in the Collections grid. The Contents grid can be customised. Refer to Search Results for further information.

When the user does a search, the upper pane is minimized to show only Search Results. Click Show All Collections to display more collections and if the user wants to show only the current collection, click Current Collection. Relative size of each pane can be adjusted to display more or fewer collections.