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# Categories & collections

The folder list on the left side of the dashboard is repurposed to represent categories and collections of templates.

Individual templates consisting of a single automation can be placed into a category that can be searched in the [Templates catalog](https://help.apiant.com/templates-catalog?hsLang=en):

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/9Hg5Pb30hCyPmSA_z_JU2_image.png?format=webp)

 

A collection is a single template that consists of multiple automations that can be installed as a single group:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/Mv12hSFPRas_SPo1LSEI4_image.png?format=webp)

 

To define a template collection, create a folder with a name that starts with "Collection: ":

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/6wUe1rPjyWftYeHlo96ak_image.png?format=webp)

 

Then place the automations comprising the collection into the folder:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/qeBm5gnBsnrRM2z-hcqaM_image.png?format=webp)

 

In the [Templates catalog](https://help.apiant.com/templates-catalog?hsLang=en) the catalog entry is defined by a placeholder automation in the collection whose name begins with "Collection: ":

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/QcOX-bZEg5mj0XCxQeP9U_image.png?format=webp)

 

This automation only serves the purpose of being the one whose name appears in the catalog and whose catalog description appears here:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/LWhXO_A-OtCqI3owSHju1_image.png?format=webp)

 

Observe that the name above comes from the name of #12157 and that the description above comes from that placeholder's catalog description:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/mmtEAOndIh9XCXIPNfcKj_image.png?format=webp)

 

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/c_-cYqqjYXI602Rghnb2i_image.png?format=webp)

 

 

 

Note that in the dashboard there are 4 templates set to public but the catalog says the template consists of 3 automations. This is correct, b/c #12157 is not an automation template but just a catalog placeholder. The placeholder is not installed with the collection. In order to create the placeholder template, build an automation consisting of a no-op trigger and any action. Whatever is build doesn't matter, since the implementation is never installed or used.

 

 

Templates set to private within a collection are also installed. Like in the above example, these are generally utility or run-once automations used to configure the collection. The purpose of setting them private is just so they don't appear in the [Templates catalog](https://help.apiant.com/templates-catalog?hsLang=en) and cause confusion.

 

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