Meteor get Collections by Reference

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This short code sample will show you how to get access to a Collection by reference. The root variable is essentially referencing the this global but detects the correct global reference based on
This short code sample will show you how to get access to a Collection by reference. The root variable is essentially referencing the this global but detects the correct global reference based on where the client is running.
var colData = function (collectionName) {

var root = Meteor.isClient ? window : global;

var col = root[collectionName];

return col.find().fetch();
}
colData('Things');
 
References:
https://dweldon.silvrback.com/collections-by-reference