# Allow all users to create Collections

**URL:** <https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [December 12, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746 "2024-12-12T14:42:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aleksa-krolls](https://community.openfn.org/user_avatar/community.openfn.org/aleksa-krolls/32/156_2.png) [@aleksa-krolls](https://community.openfn.org/u/aleksa-krolls)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746/1 "2024-12-12T14:42:27Z")

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We should allow all users (not only super admin users) to create Collections via the app _and_ via the CLI.

We also have a client that is automating OpenFn deployment via a shell script. They are interested in either adapting this scrip to auto-generate a Collection when deploying, or would like to pre-seed the OpenFn deployment with a collection.

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**Author:** ![taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/user_avatar/community.openfn.org/taylordowns2000/32/165_2.png) [@taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/u/taylordowns2000)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746/2 "2024-12-17T19:21:09Z")

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100%. This is the plan. We opted for this limited beta version so that we could test the functionality with a single customer. As soon as we have availability we intend to finish the feature and make it available to regular users.

(And note that when we introduce the feature for general use, super users will _no longer_ be able to add/remove collections, only project admins and above will be able to manage collections and they’ll do so at the project level.)

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**Author:** ![ayodele](https://community.openfn.org/user_avatar/community.openfn.org/ayodele/32/162_2.png) [@ayodele](https://community.openfn.org/u/ayodele)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 10:29am UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746/3 "2025-01-22T10:29:07Z")

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I am updating this request to note that the team has started working on this and the progress can be tracked [here](https://github.com/OpenFn/lightning/issues/2815).

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**Author:** ![taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/user_avatar/community.openfn.org/taylordowns2000/32/165_2.png) [@taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/u/taylordowns2000)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746/4 "2025-04-08T09:30:55Z")

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Delivered! Check out the docs here: [Collections | OpenFn/docs](https://docs.openfn.org/documentation/build/collections)

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**Author:** ![taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/user_avatar/community.openfn.org/taylordowns2000/32/165_2.png) [@taylordowns2000](https://community.openfn.org/u/taylordowns2000)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:31am UTC](https://community.openfn.org/t/allow-all-users-to-create-collections/746/5 "2025-04-08T09:31:17Z")

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