> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.arkhub.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Repositories > Collect records and study them in tables, timelines, galleries and maps ## What is a repository? A repository is your collection of records: the sites of one culture, the finds of one excavation, the places a book discusses. Records live in Arkhub once; a repository points at them. The same record can sit in many repositories. Your repositories are listed in the sidebar. Public repositories you have visited appear there too. ## Creating a repository **1. Create it** Click **Create Repository** in the sidebar. A new repository opens on its **Data** tab. **2. Name it** Give it a name and a description from its header. Mention people with **@** in the description; the mention links to their profile. **3. Choose a cover** Add a cover image. Drag and resize the box to choose what the cover shows, and see what phones, laptops and wide screens each show. **4. Public or private** A repository starts private. Switch it to public from its header when it is ready. Visitors see the change in your recent activity. A new repository shows three steps along the bottom, **Pick Records**, **Add Parameters** and **Explore Data**, until you have seen your records on the map. ## The Data tab Every repository starts with a **Data** tab. It is always first and lists the repository's records. From it you add records in four ways: > **Search** > > Search all of Arkhub. Narrow the matches by kind, region, country or period, then add them all at once or one at a time. > **Pick on the map** > > Draw over areas on a map and add every record in them. > **From another repository** > > Start from someone else's repository and keep the records you need. > **By rule** > > Choose record types, kinds, regions, countries or periods, and add every record that fits. **Add Record** under a table opens the same search. To create a record that does not exist yet, see [Creating a record](/essentials/records/records.md#creating-a-record). > [!NOTE] > > Records you cannot open still count. A visitor sees a "Private record" row with none of its details in place of a private record. A site whose location is protected shows as a "Location protected" row with only its title, kind, periods, country and region. See [Access levels](/essentials/access-levels.md#location-protected-sites). ## Views Add views with the **+** next to the tabs. Each view keeps its own fields and settings. Drag a view's tab to change the order; Data stays first. Rename or delete a view from its tab. **Table** Each row is a record. The **Type** column shows each record's kind as a tag. Links in cells are clickable chips. * **Fields**: open **Edit properties** to add, remove or reset fields, grouped by topic. **Fill the table** adds a set of fields for your background in one go. * **Claims as columns**: show datings, purposes, what a figure depicts and other claims as columns. Competing claims show side by side, and you can filter a column by type. * **Columns**: drag a header sideways to move a column. Wrap a column's text from its header menu. Hide and show columns. * **Location**: reads as region and country, with latitude and longitude as columns of their own. * **Side peek**: click a record to read it beside the table, with **View full record** to go to its page. **Timeline** Records laid out in time, from their datings. **Gallery** Records as cards with their images. **Map** Every repository has a map. Click the small map in the corner of the repository, or choose **Explore map** in the repository's menu in the sidebar. The map flies to where the records are. See [Repository maps](/essentials/map.md#repository-maps). ## Versions in a table A table shows how many people hold their own version of its records. Pick one to **show the table as their version**: their kind, dates, periods and civilizations replace the consensus ones, in colour, and each of their records is marked with their picture. **Compare with consensus** shows only the records that person changed, with the consensus value crossed out beside theirs. See [Your version of a record](/essentials/records/records.md#your-version-of-a-record) for how versions are made. ## Managing a repository From the repository header you can: * **Bookmark** it. Your bookmarks are listed under Bookmarks in the sidebar. * Switch it between **Public** and **Private**. * **Delete** it. Type its name to confirm. The records stay in Arkhub. Only the owner of a repository (and admins) can change it. > [!NOTE] > > Coming soon: ask the owner of a private repository for access from the repository itself, and more table templates. Click **Coming soon** in the app to leave your email. ## Related pages * [Records](/essentials/records/records.md): what a record holds * [Attributes, tags and claims](/essentials/records/attributes.md): the fields and claims you can show as columns * [Map](/essentials/map.md): repository maps and the home map This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.