A collector is designed to gather and organize the massive amounts of data required to train or operate AI models (like LLMs), which require high-quality datasets to learn.
To add a colllector:
After signing in, the Dashboard page is displayed.

- Click Collectors in the navigation pane.

- Click New Collector.

- Enter the following details in the General tab:
Name – A name to identify the collector.
URI – The URI to access the collector.
Default Collector – Slide on to make this collector the default collector.
Collector Status – Select whether you want the status to beEnabledorDisabled - Click Connect in the URI field to connect to the collector and retrieve file type mappings.
- Click the File Processing tab.

- For each file type, select the Reader if you don't want the default.
Note
The list of readers is dependent on the file type.
- Click Save Changes.

To edit a collector:
- Click Collectors in the navigation pane.

- Click the collector to edit.

- Make the changes in both the General and File Processing tabs as required.
- Click Save Changes.