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Setting up tag collection groups

In Surpass, you can attach metadata (known as ‘tags’) to items and then use these tags to organise items when authoring content, creating tests, and viewing results. Tags are made up of ‘tag groups’ and ‘tag values’.

A ‘tag collection’ lets users categorise tag groups and tag values, which is useful for comparing data across multiple tag groups. Tag collections are contained in ‘tag collection groups’. You might use tag collections to categorise tag groups that contain tag values which relate to the same topic. These can be assigned to items.

Tag collection groups are subject-specific. You can set up tag collection groups in the Subjects screen of Setup.

NOTE: You must enable Tag Collections in Site Settings to use tag collections.

This article explains how to set up tag collection groups in the Subjects screen of Setup.

1. Go to the Subjects screen in Setup

To view the Subjects screen in Setup, go to Setup > Subjects.

TIP: For more information about the Subjects screen, read About the Subjects screen in Setup.

2. Choose a subject in the Subjects list

Choose a subject in the Subjects list.

3. Select Create Tag Collection Group in the Tag Collection Groups panel

The Tags Collection Groups panel displays the chosen subject’s existing tag collection groups.

Select Create Tag Collection Group to create a new tag collection group.

4. Create your tag collection group

TIP: Select Save & Close at any point in the wizard to save your tag collection group and return to the Subjects screen.

In the Tag Collection Groups tab of the Tag Collection Group Setup dialog, enter a name for the tag collection group.

In the Tag Groups list, choose a tag group to associate with each tag collection in your tag collection group. You can associate multiple tag groups with a tag collection.

IMPORTANT: Only tag groups with Use in Tag Collections enabled appear in the Tag Groups list. For more information, read Setting up tag groups.

TIP: Type in the search bar to filter the Tag Groups list in real time. Surpass looks up your search string in tag groups’ name.

Select Continue to proceed.

5. Create a tag collection template

NOTE: It is optional to create tag collection templates.

In the Tag Collection Templates tab of the Tag Collection Group Setup dialog, you can set up tag collection templates. A tag collection template contains tag group(s) associated with one tag value. Creating a tag collection template makes it easier for item authors to assign predetermined tag collections to an item.

To choose an existing tag collection template, select a tag collection template from the Tag Collections Templates list.

TIP: Type in the search bar to filter the Tag Collections Templates list in real time. Surpass looks up your search string in tag collection templates’ name.

Refer to the following table for further information on the actions you can take in the Tag Collection Templates list.

Setting	Description
Edit	Allows you to edit the name of the tag collection template.
Duplicate	Allows you to duplicate the tag collection template. The copy takes the tag collection template’s name and prefaces it with `Copy of`.
Delete	Deletes the tag collection template. NOTE: Only users with the Read only Tag Groups permission can delete tag collection templates containing read-only tag groups. For more information, read About roles and permissions.

You can see the tag groups and tag values associated with each tag collection template in the Tag Groups and Tag Values columns, respectively. Select More to change the tag value associated with a tag group. Select Remove to remove a tag value.

Select Add to create a new tag collection template.

Enter a name for the tag collection template.

In the Enter default tag value field, choose one tag value from each tag group in your tag collection. Type in the search bar to filter the Tag Values list in real time.

Select Continue to proceed.

Creating a subcollection group

When you have created a tag collection, you can set up a subcollection group. Subcollection groups are containers for subcollections, which store additional information associated with its parent tag collection.

Creating a subcollection template

When you have created a subcollection group, you can set up a subcollection template. A subcollection contains additional information and data about its parent tag collection.

6. Save your tag collection group

Select Save & Close to create your tag collection group. For more information about using tag collections in items, read Using tag collections in items.