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A collection is a named group of notes, attachments, protocols, and other collections. Use them the way you’d use folders on your drive: by sample batch, experiment, protocol run, or date range. Each item lives in one collection, or at the top level of the workspace. Collections can be nested, for example a project at the top level with a collection per sample batch inside it.

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Creating a collection

In the workspace view, click Add and choose New collection, or right-click empty space. To create one inside another, right-click the parent collection, open Add to its name, and choose Collection.

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Working with collections

Moving items in and out, reordering, renaming, and deleting collections all work the same way as for any other item. See Organizing your workspace. To find something inside a collection, open it and use the Scope, Type, and other filters. Cmd+K / Ctrl+K searches the whole workspace.

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Visibility

By default, everyone in the workspace can see a collection. To keep a new collection to yourself from the start, tick Private to me when you create it: only you can see it and anything you put in it, and you can share it later. If your workspace keeps owners able to see everything, Bower tells you so when it creates the collection, and workspace owners can still see it. You can also restrict any existing collection to specific people, or make it private to yourself, from the Share dialog. See Sharing notes and collections for the Share dialog, and Workspace permissions overview for how per-item access fits with workspace roles. If you need strict data isolation between projects or teams, use a separate workspace.