[Bug]: accessing one's collections is non-intutitive and sometimes glitches altogether

[albertocottica]

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Issue description

Non-intuitive

When I want to retrieve a collection that I previously created, I need to access one of the platforms , like https://acclabs-actionlearningplans.azurewebsites.net/en/browse/pads/shared?explorationid=15. At this point, clicking on "my collections" at the top reveals a list of collections. Clicking on one of them should open that collection, but it does not always work.

Workaround: hover on the collection you want, then take note of the URL with the pinboard ID, and manually type it into the browser bar.

Better solution: provide a facility to browse, access, delete, copy and merge one's collections.

Where did this happen?

https://acclabs-actionlearningplans.azurewebsites.net/en/browse/pads/shared?explorationid=15

What do you expect?

When I click on the name of a collection, I expect the corresponding page to open.

Platform

Action Plan

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

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[myjyby]

This has probably something to do with either/or: 1) the explore function (@JosuaKrause you noticed a bug during your presentation the other day); or 2) the fact that collections are now shown on all platforms, although they may be empty on one (for example, you can create a collection on the ALP platform, and it will show on the SM platform, even though it won't have any content from that platform---this is anticipating the future deployment of the new global platform)

[JosuaKrause]

will have a look into the empty collection issue

[JosuaKrause]

it should be better now. @albertocottica please confirm that the latest changes resolve the issue

[albertocottica]

Now the flow is:

• https://acclabs.azurewebsites.net/
• Click on "Action plans" (for example)
• Scroll down to find the "browse pads" button
• Click on "my collections"
• Select the collection.

And indeed it works, though it's a bit laborious.

The empty collection are not a problem per se. I am now using the same title ("food security") for a collection of ALPs and one of experiments. I understand they are kept separate, though, when you create a collection in one of the platform, that name becomes available in the other platform too, so you can easily start a second collection of the same name. This is OK, it's one way to do it. But please, write some documentation, that will save a lot of guessing and head scratching. :-)

[JosuaKrause]

I understand they are kept separate, though, when you create a collection in one of the platform, that name becomes available in the other platform too, so you can easily start a second collection of the same name.

They are not kept separate. The issue is, for example, the solutionsmapping platform cannot display an actionplan pad so pads that are added on other platforms are ignored when displaying the collection. We will have the collections showing all pads on the global platform soon, though. The names should now show up on the other platform though (when typing a collection; not when going to "my collections")