What is a collection?
What a collection is and when to create one.
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A collection is a group of related notes. A collection owns its notes, its properties, its folders, and its views.
Think of it as:
- A project (e.g. Q3 Launch)
- A topic (e.g. Engineering Design Docs)
- A space (e.g. Onboarding Playbook)
What a collection contains
- Notes: The pages inside the collection.
- Folders: Lightweight groupings to tidy the sidebar (optional).
- Properties: Typed fields attached to every note in the collection (status, owner, date...).
- Views: Different shapes for looking at the same notes: list, board, gallery, table, calendar, feed.
When to create a collection vs a folder
- Collection when the group of notes needs its own properties or views.
- Folder when you just want to tuck a few notes together inside an existing collection.