A managed collection is an organized group of objects that are managed as a cohesive set. The contents of a managed collection are determined by taking a set of initially selected objects and applying collection objects to the set. You can add content to a managed collection by clicking the add to managed collection icon
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on the toolbar of the
Managed Collection Content table. For more information, see
Add to Managed Collection.