---
title: "Dataset.create_collection"
description: "Create a collection in the dataset."
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---

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# Dataset.create_collection

import { Fragment } from "astro/jsx-runtime";

import ApiReference from "@docs/components/ApiReference.astro";

import ParamField from "@docs/components/ParamField.astro";

```python
def Dataset.create_collection(name: str) -> Collection
```

Create a collection in the dataset.

## Parameters

**name**

type: string

The name of the collection

## Returns

The created collection object.

<h2 id="request-example">Usage example</h2>

```python
collection = dataset.create_collection(
    "My-collection"
)
```

Source: https://tilebox.com/docs/api-reference/python/tilebox.datasets/Dataset.create_collection/index.mdx