{"id":37759,"date":"2018-02-19T03:50:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37759\/how-to-create-a-new-collections-record-type\/"},"modified":"2019-02-11T05:47:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:47:45","slug":"how-to-create-a-new-collections-record-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37759\/how-to-create-a-new-collections-record-type\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create a new Collections record type"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>You can create a new <i>Collections<\/i> record type in <i>TopTeam<\/i> via the <i>Administration<\/i> section, to meet your organization\u2019s specific needs.<\/p>\n<p>This article explains how to create a new <i>Collections<\/i> record type.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>TopTeam Users<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 1. Go to the Administration section and click Configure System Record Types<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38253-media_1461218701481-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38253-media_1461218701481-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"501\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 2. Click Edit Record Types<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38254-media_1461218917897-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38254-media_1461218917897-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 3. Record Type Editor opens, select Collections record type<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38255-media_1508152088410-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38255-media_1508152088410-1-1.png\" width=\"671\" height=\"793\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 4. Click the New Record Type drop-down menu and select the wizard option<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38256-media_1508152177350-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38256-media_1508152177350-1-1.png\" width=\"595\" height=\"585\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: To include other record types in your <i>Collection<\/i>, you must create your <i>Collection<\/i> via the <i>New Record Type using Wizard&#8230;<\/i> option only.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 5. Create Record Type Wizard opens<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38257-media_1508152367820-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38257-media_1508152367820-1-1.png\" width=\"794\" height=\"599\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 6. Enter a Name for the Record Type<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38259-media_1516863838833-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38259-media_1516863838833-1-1.png\" width=\"797\" height=\"601\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>For the next steps of this wizard, refer to the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/1833\/creating-custom-record-types\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating Custom Record Types.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 7. Select Record Types that you want to allow to be included in this Collection<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38261-media_1519037966545-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38261-media_1519037966545-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 8. Specify if you want to include the collection type in Global Project<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/media_1549888439588-1.png\" alt=\"media_1549888439588-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 9. View Action Summary and click Create to create the new Collections Record Type<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38262-media_1519038059234-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38262-media_1519038059234-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"589\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 10. Collections record type has been created<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38263-media_1519038398940-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38263-media_1519038398940-1-1.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to exit the wizard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE: You may need to edit the newly created <i>Collections<\/i> record type such as to add\/remove other record types from it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">To edit the newly created Record Type, click Edit&#8230; in the Record Type Editor toolbar<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38260-media_1516864124748-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38260-media_1516864124748-1-1.png\" width=\"593\" height=\"582\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 11. Include the newly created Collections record type in your Project using Project Wizard<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Refer to <i>Step 4.<\/i> of the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/1897\/adding-record-type-to-topteam-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adding Record Types to TopTeam Project<\/a> to include the newly created <i>Collections<\/i> record type in your <i>Project,<\/i> as shown below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Go to Include\/Exclude Record Types from the Project page in Project Wizard and select the newly created Collections record type to include it in your Project<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wpid38258-media_1508154647204-1-1.png\" alt=\"wpid38258-media_1508154647204-1-1.png\" width=\"757\" height=\"537\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><i>Products<\/i> record type has been included in your <i>Project<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37760\/using-collections-in-topteam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using Collections in TopTeam<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37637\/how-to-add-collection-field-using-form-layout-designer\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to add Collection Field in a Detail Editor<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/37681\/how-to-add-and-remove-records-from-a-collection\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to add and remove records from a Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: February 11th, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview You can create a new Collections record type in TopTeam via the Administration section, to meet your organization\u2019s specific needs. This article explains how to create a new Collections record type. Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators TopTeam Users Step 1. Go to the Administration section and click Configure System Record Types Step 2. Click Edit Record Types Step 3. Record Type Editor opens, select Collections record type Step 4. Click the New Record Type drop-down menu and select the wizard option NOTE: To include other record types in your Collection, you must create your Collection via the New <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[279,29],"class_list":["post-37759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-configuration","tag-collections","tag-record-type"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-9P1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37759"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47109,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37759\/revisions\/47109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}