Collection shows empty despite media are inside

💻 Environment/Context

  • Collection
  • Media
  • Empty collection
  • Show all media toggle enabled

 

 

❓ Issue/Question

  • My colleague sees some folders, for example "media day" with 300 or more photos, and I don't see them.
  • I have created collections and sub-collections. However, my colleague cannot see them, meaning that the folders appear empty to her.
  • I have archived a full season to this parent folder - but now some users cannot see all the collections.
  • I can see 37 collections, a colleague can only see 4 collections. They had access to all the images, and all the collections before I moved them last Monday.
  • Some users are not able to see all the collections despite having the correct permissions.

 

👌 Resolution/Answer

  • Workaround:
    • Open the “falsely empty” collection via the Collection Management view
    • Move the media to the same collection.
    • If the issue occurs with several collections, reach out to the Support Live chat for assistance

 

🥚 Cause

  • Despite the collections have media inside, they can only be seen with the "show empty collection" option enabled. The collections didn't get indexed properly.

 

🔖 Notes