Show Collection created by custom plugin in data source manager

KelvinleungCato · July 2, 2025, 3:34am

I tried to develop plugin with several collections. What I wanted is that when I enable the plugin, the collection defined by this plugin can be view/edit in the data source manager (the page that managing collections). And it will be hide when disabling the plugin.

I saw there is a sample “hello” collection created in the sample plugin hello, but I have no idea how to show this collection in the frontend.

Is anyone having an idea or experience on doing it?

imadgentech · July 2, 2025, 2:49pm

Sorry amigo, I’m having a similar issue, let me know if you get an answer. I’m creating from a nodejs server and can’t get the collection to show up in the system.

2013xile · July 9, 2025, 2:20am

Hi, you can refer to this method:

github.com

nocobase/nocobase/blob/8a561a687a335e919e08843f0b2d7c90dc8603bb/packages/plugins/@nocobase/plugin-users/src/server/server.ts#L269


      
                email: rootEmail,
                password: rootPassword,
                nickname: rootNickname,
                username: rootUsername,
              },
            });
          
            const repo = this.db.getRepository<any>('collections');
          
            if (repo) {
              await repo.db2cm('users');
            }
          }
          
          async initProfileSchema() {
            const uiSchemas = this.db.getRepository<UiSchemaRepository>('uiSchemas');
            if (!uiSchemas) {
              return;
            }
            await uiSchemas.insert(adminProfileCreateFormSchema);
            await uiSchemas.insert(adminProfileEditFormSchema);

We’ll soon add a new property in defineCollection to make this easier to implement.

Note: Once added to the UI, the change is irreversible — even if the plugin is disabled, the collection will still exist.

KelvinleungCato · July 11, 2025, 2:54am

I have tried the repo.db2cm() function but this seems not working for me
And I found that in the Database (I am using postgresql), there is a collections & fields table. When I add the corresponding records to these two tables and I can see the my collection in data source management page.

Hope this may help