About scopes

A scope is a selection of communities and domains that you can refer to in an assignment of an asset type. Each community or domain belongs to exactly one scope.

Default scope and custom scopes

Collibra always has a default scope. Initially, all communities and domains are part of the default scope.

Depending on your requirements, you can create custom scopes and add specific communities and domains to it. If you add a community or domain to a custom scope, it is no longer part of the default scope. If you delete a custom scope, or remove communities and domains from a custom scope, the affected communities and domains revert to the default scope.

For more information about scopes after an upgrade from version 4.x to 5.x, go to Collibra Support Portal.

Scopes page overview

The Scopes page in the Collibra settings provides an overview of all scopes.

Number	Section	Description
	Create button	Button to create a scope.
	Expand all / Collapse all button	Button to expand or collapse all scope tiles.
	Collapsed scope tile	Scope tile that is collapsed to reduce its size. You can expand it by clicking .
	Action Required warning	Warning to indicate that this scope currently doesn't contain any communities or domains.
	Expanded scope tile	Scope tile that is expanded, showing the metadata about the scope, such as the description.
	Scope action buttons	Buttons to edit or delete the scope, and to collapse the scope tile.
	Organization by Scope section	Section that contains an overview of communities and domains, and shows to which scope each community and domain belongs.
	Search	You can search in either the Organization or Belongs to Scope columns.
	Communities and domains per scopes	A community that belongs to a custom scope. Its domains and subcommunities inherit the same scope.