Collections overview in Adobe Acrobat Analyzer

Collections let you organize documents into logical groups so they can be analyzed, filtered, and managed together in Adobe Acrobat Analyzer.

A collection is a flexible workspace that groups related documents for analysis and review. Collections do not change or modify the original files. The same document can appear in multiple collections without duplication.

Collection use cases

Collections provide a scoped context for working with documents. Within a collection, you can analyze content, apply filters, export results, and collaborate with others using the same document set.

Collections are commonly used to:

• Focus analysis on a specific subset of documents.
• Apply extraction and review actions across related files.
• Share access to a defined group of documents.

Collection types

Adobe Acrobat Analyzer supports the following collection types:

• My Collections
  Collections where documents are added and removed directly by the collection owner.
• Linked Collections
  Collections that stay in sync with supported external sources, such as Microsoft SharePoint.
• Shared collections
  Collections that another user has shared with you. Access and available actions depend on the permissions granted by the collection owner.

Each collection type supports different behaviors and constraints, which are described in their respective pages.

Collections and analysis

Collections define the scope for many analysis-related actions, including filtering documents, reviewing extracted attributes, exporting data, and running AI-assisted queries.

Actions performed at the collection level apply only to the documents in that collection.

Ownership and sharing

Every collection has an owner who controls its configuration and membership. Collections can be shared with other users to support collaboration. Shared access does not transfer ownership of the collection or its documents.

Details about sharing behavior and permissions are documented separately.

Limits and consumption

Working with collections is subject to service limits and usage constraints, such as document counts, sharing limits, and export thresholds.

Analysis actions performed on documents in a collection consume Adobe Acrobat Sign transactions.

For details, see:

• Service constraints
• Transaction consumption rates

Related tasks

For step-by-step instructions and detailed behavior, see:

• Create a collection
• Edit a collection
• Share a collection
• Delete a collection