Collections and Interests
Collections and Interests both help users find content, but they serve different purposes and are managed differently.
Collections
Section titled “Collections”Collections are user-defined groupings for organizing content in the Library.
- Purpose: Categorize content for your organization.
- Typical use: Group by use case, team, country, site, or department.
- Ownership: Managed by your organization
- Editing: Users with the right permissions (Admin and Collaborator) can create, edit, and maintain collections.
Collections are best when you want a shared structure that reflects how your teams work.
Interests
Section titled “Interests”Interests are vScope-managed labels used for bundled content.
- Purpose: Personalize bundled content suggestions and filtering.
- Typical use: Show relevant bundled dashboards/tables based on selected interests.
- Ownership: Managed by vScope.
- Editing: End users can update their own interest preferences, but cannot edit the underlying bundled labels.
Interests are best when you want faster discovery of bundled content with minimal setup.
Key differences
Section titled “Key differences”- Who defines it: Collections are organization-defined; Interests are vScope-defined.
- What it organizes: Collections organize your saved content structure; Interests classify bundled content.
- User control: Collections can be managed by authorized users; Interests only allow personal preference selection.