Using a collection from within a shortcode?

[cmcknight]

I have a collection of products that have unique identifiers. Some of the products have accessories that are also products. I am using pagination to generate one page per product, but I would like to list the accessory image and title in a div at the bottom.

Is there a way to use a collection in a shortcode so that I can use a find or filter method to get the accessory product object?

Alternatively, is there a better way to accomplish the task other than looping through the entire array of products?

[cmcknight]

Solution:

1. Don't name the alias with the same name as the collection (duh!)
2. Pass the collection to the shortCode as an argument

Major facepalm moment when I realized what was happening...