Collection fields

Resources may be directly referenced by other resources, but for dynamic content a collection field may be more useful. An example might be the 5 most recent articles, sorted by date. 

Usage

Add a collection field to a resource type by viewing Structure > Resource types > {Your resource type} > Manage fields, then clicking "Add field" and choosing Dynamic collection.

Choose the resource types this field can reference. The settings per resource can be unique but this is set at the Resource type level.

When adding or editing a resource, you can now add additional criteria such as the number of items to be loaded, sort by a property of the collected resource, or add additional filters.

Filters

By default, all matching resources of the selected type will be loaded. Click "Add filter" to narrow down this list, such as only showing a resource with a certain title, created after a certain date, or that matches a field value.

An example could be if the referenced resource had a "categories" field. Selecting this field as a filter in the collection would give you the option to match with "matches" or do a partial match like starts with. For example, starts with could be used if you wanted to show any resources with a category of "Featured" like "Featured news" "Featured team member" etc. 

The filter options change depending on whether the field is text, date etc.

Sort

Sorting lets you determine the order of the collection, such as alphabetically by a field value or in order that the content was created or updated.

Page size

Limit the number of resources returned in this collection. This currently cannot exceed 50.

Display

Just like resources from a Reference field, the schema mode can be set for the resources loaded by a collection.