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title: "Collection Extensions"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Collection Extensions

This elective course takes a deeper dive into how collection extensions and the underlying actions are created and deployed.

You will receive a Certificate of Completion at the conclusion of this course. There is no certification exam for this elective course.

[Sign in](https://academy.lakesidesoftware.com/elective-collection-extensions) as a SysTrack customer to start this course.

## Prerequisite

SysTrack Administrator and/or Desktop Engineer course

## Course Objective

- Use the Action Builder to create an action
- Approve and enable an action
- Associate an action with a collection extension
- Schedule a collection extension to run
- Run a collection extension manually
- Import and export collection extensions and actions

## Course Outline

- Introduction
  - Course Overview
  - Collection Extension 101
- The PowerShell Script
  - Custom Data Collection with PowerShell
    - Creating the PowerShell script using specific functions
- Creating and Approving Actions
  - Anatomy of an Action Package
    - What is an action?
    - Components of the action package
  - Using the Action Builder
    - Creating an action
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Action Governance > Create Action
  - Approving and Enabling Actions
  - Approving, enabling, disabling and deleting actions
    - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Action Governance
- Working with Collection Extensions
  - Creating a Collection Extension
  - SysTrack tools used:
    - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Collection Extensions
  - Roles and Configurations
    - Adding collection extension to role
    - Adding role to configuration
    - Assigning configuration to systems
    - Pushing configuration to systems
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Configure: Roles > Tool Schedules > Collection Extension
      - Configure: Configurations
      - Configure: Assignments
      - Configure: Administration > Read Configuration
  - Testing the Collection Extension
    - Testing the agent connection by building a test dashboard and connecting to local database
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Dashboard Builder
- Aggregating and Visualizing Data
  - Creating and Processing a View
  - Creating a view Adding view to role
  - Pushing configuration to systems
  - Processing view manually
  - SysTrack tools used:
    - Configure: Views
    - Configure: Roles > Views
    - Configure: Administration > Read Configuration
    - Configure: Administration > Process Views
  - Custom Dashboard
    - Create custom dashboard to display data
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Dashboard Builder
- Additional Topics
  - Manually Running a Collection Extension
    - Running a collection extension from Prevent and Resolve
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Prevent: Tools
      - Resolve: Tools
  - Importing and Exporting Collection Extensions and Actions
    - SysTrack tools used:
      - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Collection Extensions > Import
      - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Collection Extensions > Export
      - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Action Governance > Import
      - Configure: Automations and Collection Extensions > Action Governance > Export
- Conclusion

Tags: Configure, Prevent, Resolve, Action Builder, Collection Extension