> #### Creating a collection

> An administrator can create a private or shared collection. An operator can create only a private collection.

> To create a collection of Fathom resources:

> 1. Click My Fathom on the Fathom menu bar. The My Collections.Home page appears in the detail frame:

> 2. From the detail menu, choose Collection New Collection. The Create Collection page appears:

> 3. Provide the following properties:
> - Name — Type the name of the collection.
> - Parent — From the dropdown list, choose the parent collection (thereby making the newly created collection a child):

> My Collections | Collections that are private and available only to you.
> My Collections Home | A collection created by default for a user.
> Shared Collections | Collections available to all other users of Fathom.

> - Description — An optional description of the collection.
> 4. Select the members of the collection by following these steps:
> 1. In the List resource of type field, you can choose resource types either by choosing from the available resources or by choosing the wildcard ( * ). If you choose the wildcard, all resource types are selected. In addition, any newly created resource will automatically be added as a member of the collection, and any deleted resource will automatically be deleted from the collection.
> 2. In the for Container field, you can choose the containers either by choosing from those available or by choosing the wildcard. If you choose the wildcard, all containers are selected. Any newly created container will automatically be added as a member of the collection, and any deleted container will automatically be deleted from the collection.
> Note that you can also choose all available referenceable collections by choosing collections in the for Container field.

> 5. Click Apply Filter. The list of collections that match the filter specifications appear in the Available list, as shown in the following database resources example:

> 6. Select the resources:
> - To select all the databases, for example, as members of the collection, click Select All. Then click the right arrow.
> - To choose one or more individual databases, highlight and click each database you want to include; then click the right arrow.
> The databases appear in the Selected list:

> 7. Click Save. The default view page for that new collection appears:

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