This page details the functionality related to the modification of collection assets.
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A trackable collection once published cannot be deleted.
Adding certificate
Adding a certificate to a trackable collection doe not happen during the creation of the collection and hence not part of the sourcing flow. The option of specifying when to issue a certificate should be part of adding certificate and not part of creation flow.
Non-trackable Collections
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Modification of an asset linked to a collection
When an asset is published, system checks if any collection is pointing to this learning asset. If so, while approval, it shows a dialog saying “This is currently linked to one or more collections. Please republish the collections to reflect the new version in the collection”. The dialog should show the list of collections (names and ids in sourcing repo) to which the learning asset is linked to.
When an asset linked to a collection (trackable or non-trackable), is modified and republishedpublished, the new version of the asset should NOT automatically get linked to the collection.
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