**Source URL:** https://limited.veevavault.dev/qualityone/mdl/component-types/searchcollection

**Class:** `metadata`

Search collections allow you to create and edit groups of documents and objects that users can search at the same time as expanded searches.

Learn about [Search Collections in Vault Help](https://platform.veevavault.help/en/lr/68708).

| Attribute | Metadata | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `label` | Type: String Max length: 60 | UI-friendly string in the Vault's base language. |
| `active` | Type: Boolean | Indicates whether the component is active. |
| `description` | Type: String Max length: 255 | A description of the collection which users see when they click the question mark (?) icon on the expanded search results page. |

### Searchcollectionsection

| Attribute | Metadata | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `label` | Type: String Max length: 60 | UI-friendly string in the Vault's base language. |
| `active` | Type: Boolean | Indicates whether the component is active. |
| `document_type` | Type: Component | The document type to include in the collection. |
| `include_on_tab` | Type: Boolean | If `true`, allows expanded searches on the collection in the related tab, if one is available for the selected object. |
| `object` | Type: Component | The object to include in the collection. |
| `object_relationships` | Type: String Max length: 1500 Multi-value | Relationships to objects in the collection. Each value must include a valid inbound relationship. You can configure object relationships from **Admin > Configuration > Objects > {Object} > Relationships**. |
| `object_type` | Type: Component Multi-value | The object type to filter on, if object types are enabled for the selected `object`. |
| `tab_assignments` | Type: String Max length: 255 Multi-value | If `include_on_tab` is `true` and the `object` has more than one tab available, specifies the tabs where users can access the collection. |
| `vql_criteria` | Type: String Max length: 1500 | A Criteria VQL expression that defines the search scope of this collection. |

### Supported Operations

| Operation | Support |
| --- | --- |
| Create | Yes |
| Recreate | Yes |
| Alter | Yes\* |
| Drop | Yes |
| Rename | Yes |
| Describe | Yes |
| Generate Recreate | Yes |
| Queryable | Yes |

**Notes:**

*   **Alter:** MDL Operation may not be supported for some multi-value attributes.

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