Managing component sets

Components must be added to a component set to be available for use on a Matrix Content Management System site.

Create a component set

Component sets are created on the Squiz DXP instance.

To create a component set:

Load the Squiz DXP URL — https://dxp.squiz.cloud — in a web browser.
Login using the credentials for your DXP instance.
Click the Component Service button in the DXP dashboard.
Click the Component sets option in the navigation panel.

Figure 1. The Component sets page in the Component service
Click the Create new set button.

The Create a new component set dialog loads.

Figure 2. The Create a new component set dialog
Enter appropriate details in the Create a new component set dialog.

Name

the name of the component set.

For this tutorial component, replace the initials, AB, with your own initials.

ID

the component’s unique identifier.

The component ID can only consist of alphanumeric characters and hyphens.

Description

One to two sentences describing the component’s purpose and utility.
Click the Create set button.

The new component set is added to the list on the Component set page.
Click the Component set name to load the set.

Figure 3. The ‘Components (AB)’ component set page

Note the newly-created component sets contain no components.

To add a component to a component set

Load the Squiz DXP URL — https://dxp.squiz.cloud — in a web browser.
Login using the credentials for your DXP instance.
Click the Component Service button in the DXP dashboard.
Click the Component sets option in the navigation panel.

Figure 4. The Component sets page in the Component service
Click the Add to set button.

The initial Add to set dialog loads.
Select the component to add from the presented component list.

Figure 5. The initial Add to set dialog.

The top-right of the dialog allows for filtering the list of available components in the search field.
Click the Add to set button.

A second Add to set dialog loads.

Figure 6. The second Add to set dialog.
Configure the component.
- Set Which versions can be rendered? to All versions.
- Set Which versions can editors add to page? to Latest available.
- Leave Exclude specific versions as is.
Click the Add to set button.

The component is added to the component set.

Figure 7. A Component set showing the just-added component as in the set.

Next Step: Connect the Component Service and the Matrix Content Management System.