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A Collection is a group of suppliers organized by a shared characteristic, such as product type, department or region. Collections can be created by users or by Prewave during the setup phase.
Type of collections
Company Collections
Visible to all users within the organization. These can be added during setup or created later. Users can follow any company collection to include it in “My Collections”. If removed from “My Collections”, the collection remains accessible under “Company Collections”.
User Collections
Users can create private collections tailored to their preferences and needs. These collections will only be visible to the user that created them.
Collection groups: My Collections
Displays all collections the user creates or adds.
To add a company collection to “My Collections”:
Select the collection in “Company Collections”
Click “Add to My Collections” and it will be added into the list of collections under “My Collections”.
Collections need to be in "My Collections" to appear in the Feed or be accessible for Analyses. For a collection to appear in the Feed, you additionally need to set the Delivery Settings.
Creating a Collection
In order to create your own collection, a user would need to click the “+” next to “My Collections”.
Following, you can add your Collection Details:
Enter a name
Choose a type (e.g., user, company)
Adjust delivery settings
Click Save
The new collection appears under “My Collections” for easy access. It is now ready for you to add Suppliers to it.
There are two ways to adding suppliers:
From the supplier’s profile, click “Follow”, then the dropdown arrow, and select the appropriate collection(s)
Use the Network tab filter to display suppliers (e.g., by country, industry), select desired suppliers, and add them in bulk.
If it’s not your own collection, you must have edit permissions to add or remove suppliers.
Users can easily manage their collections:
Assign following roles to team members:
Manager: Can edit collection details and assign access
Editor: Can add or remove suppliers only
Collections without assigned managers or editors are not editable.
Delivery Settings
Each user can personalize delivery settings for their collections:
Feed: Make alerts visible in your Feed section
Email: Choose notifications based on desired alert priority in Real-time, Daily or Weekly digests
After changes, remember to click Save.
Best Practices
Assign access roles promptly - collections without managers or editors cannot be edited.
Configure delivery settings to minimize unnecessary alerts while ensuring critical notifications are received.
Use filters in the Network tab to find and group suppliers efficiently before bulk-adding them.