Notes = new Mongo.Collection("notes"); Schemas.Note = new SimpleSchema({ charId: {type: String, regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id, index: 1}, name: {type: String, optional: true, trim: false}, description: {type: String, optional: true, trim: false}, color: { type: String, allowedValues:_.pluck(colorOptions, "key"), defaultValue: "q", }, }); Notes.attachSchema(Schemas.Note); Notes.attachBehaviour("softRemovable"); Notes.allow(CHARACTER_SUBSCHEMA_ALLOW); Notes.deny(CHARACTER_SUBSCHEMA_DENY);