Collections & Fields

Create the collections your work needs and shape them with typed fields.

• GuideWorking with collections and fieldsSonta does not hand you a fixed set of objects — you create the collections your work needs and shape each one with typed fields. This guide walks that: what a collection is, how to create one, how fields carry and connect your data, and when to let a blueprint do the setup for you.
• ArticleCreate a collectionCreate a collection by naming it for what one entry represents, then adding the fields that describe it. You can create it with its fields in one pass or create it bare and add fields as you go. Housekeeping fields — name, identifier, publication state — are added automatically.
• ArticleAdd or change a fieldAdd a field by naming it and choosing its type, then set whether it is required, unique, or searchable. Most settings can be changed later — the type cannot. To retire a field, archive it rather than deleting, and clear any rules that depend on it first.