diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 0a5598c32..4d3def2db 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@
     "close": "Close",
     "code_not_present": "Code not present",
     "code_not_reachable": "Code not reachable",
+    "collection_projects": "Collection Projects",
     "collectionLogic": "Project Collection Logic",
     "collection_indicator_tooltip": "Collection project with values calculated based on children.",
     "comment": "Comment",
diff --git a/src/plugins/table.js b/src/plugins/table.js
index bd3b95274..d7476ad30 100644
--- a/src/plugins/table.js
+++ b/src/plugins/table.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import 'bootstrap';
 import 'jquery-treegrid/js/jquery.treegrid.min.js';
 import 'bootstrap-table/dist/bootstrap-table.js';
 import 'bootstrap-table/dist/extensions/treegrid/bootstrap-table-treegrid.min.js';
+import 'bootstrap-table/dist/extensions/defer-url/bootstrap-table-defer-url.js';
 import BootstrapTable from 'bootstrap-table/dist/bootstrap-table-vue.esm.js';
 
 Vue.component('BootstrapTable', BootstrapTable);
diff --git a/src/router/index.js b/src/router/index.js
index 3f66346dc..3caf680c1 100644
--- a/src/router/index.js
+++ b/src/router/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const DefaultContainer = () => import('@/containers/DefaultContainer');
 
 // Views
 const Dashboard = () => import('@/views/Dashboard');
-const ProjectList = () => import('@/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList');
+const ProjectListView = () => import('@/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectListView');
 const TagList = () => import('@/views/portfolio/tags/TagList.vue');
 const ComponentSearch = () =>
   import('@/views/portfolio/components/ComponentSearch');
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function configRoutes() {
         {
           path: 'projects',
           name: 'Projects',
-          component: ProjectList,
+          component: ProjectListView,
           meta: {
             title: i18n.t('message.projects'),
             i18n: 'message.projects',
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function configRoutes() {
           alias: [
             'projects/:uuid/overview',
             'projects/:uuid/components',
+            'projects/:uuid/collectionprojects',
             'projects/:uuid/services',
             'projects/:uuid/dependencyGraph',
             'projects/:uuid/findings',
diff --git a/src/shared/common.js b/src/shared/common.js
index fb294b253..03dc8d517 100644
--- a/src/shared/common.js
+++ b/src/shared/common.js
@@ -407,7 +407,11 @@ $common.componentClassifierLabelFormatter = (i18n) => {
  */
 $common.componentClassifierLabelProjectUrlFormatter = (i18n) => {
   return function (value) {
-    let url = '../projects/?classifier=' + value;
+    // if column defines a routerFunc returning the router we use a more robust solution
+    let url = !this.routerFunc ?
+        '../projects/?classifier=' + value :
+        this.routerFunc().resolve({name: 'Projects', query: {'classifier': value}}).href;
+
     switch (value) {
       case 'APPLICATION':
       case 'FRAMEWORK':
diff --git a/src/views/portfolio/projects/Project.vue b/src/views/portfolio/projects/Project.vue
index 014895c50..71a5805a6 100644
--- a/src/views/portfolio/projects/Project.vue
+++ b/src/views/portfolio/projects/Project.vue
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
                     </li>
                   </ol>
                   {{ project.version }}
+                  <i v-if="isCollectionProject()" class="fa fa-calculator fa-fw collectionlogic-icon" v-b-tooltip.hover="{title: getCollectionLogicText(project)}"></i>
                 </b-col>
                 <b-badge v-if="!this.project.active" :variant="'tab-warn'">
                   {{ $t('message.inactive').toUpperCase() }}
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@
           style="border-left: 0; border-right: 0; border-top: 0"
         />
       </b-tab>
-      <b-tab ref="components" @click="routeTo('components')">
+      <b-tab ref="components" @click="routeTo('components')" v-if="isShowComponents()">
         <template v-slot:title
           ><i class="fa fa-cubes"></i> {{ $t('message.components') }}
           <b-badge variant="tab-total">{{ totalComponents }}</b-badge></template
@@ -232,9 +233,19 @@
           v-on:total="totalComponents = $event"
         />
       </b-tab>
-      <b-tab ref="services" @click="routeTo('services')">
+      <b-tab ref="collectionprojects" @click="routeTo('collectionprojects')" v-if="isShowCollectionProjects()" lazy>
         <template v-slot:title
-          ><i class="fa fa-exchange"></i> {{ $t('message.services') }}
+          ><i class="fa fa-sitemap"></i> {{ $t('message.collection_projects') }}</template
+        >
+        <project-collection-projects
+          :key="this.uuid"
+          :uuid="this.uuid"
+          :project="this.project"
+        />
+      </b-tab>
+      <b-tab ref="services" @click="routeTo('services')" v-if="isShowServices()">
+        <template v-slot:title
+        ><i class="fa fa-exchange"></i> {{ $t('message.services') }}
           <b-badge variant="tab-total">{{ totalServices }}</b-badge></template
         >
         <project-services
@@ -243,7 +254,7 @@
           v-on:total="totalServices = $event"
         />
       </b-tab>
-      <b-tab ref="dependencygraph" @click="routeTo('dependencyGraph')">
+      <b-tab ref="dependencygraph" @click="routeTo('dependencyGraph')" v-if="isShowDependencyGraph()">
         <template v-slot:title
           ><i class="fa fa-sitemap"></i> {{ $t('message.dependency_graph') }}
           <b-badge variant="tab-total">{{
@@ -259,7 +270,7 @@
       </b-tab>
       <b-tab
         ref="findings"
-        v-if="isPermitted(PERMISSIONS.VIEW_VULNERABILITY)"
+        v-if="isShowFindings()"
         @click="routeTo('findings')"
       >
         <template v-slot:title>
@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@
       </b-tab>
       <b-tab
         ref="epss"
-        v-if="isPermitted(PERMISSIONS.VIEW_VULNERABILITY)"
+        v-if="isShowFindings()"
         @click="routeTo('epss')"
       >
         <template v-slot:title
@@ -300,7 +311,7 @@
       </b-tab>
       <b-tab
         ref="policyviolations"
-        v-if="isPermitted(PERMISSIONS.VIEW_POLICY_VIOLATION)"
+        v-if="isShowPolicyViolations()"
         @click="routeTo('policyViolations')"
       >
         <template v-slot:title
@@ -370,6 +381,7 @@ import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash-es';
 import { getStyle } from '@coreui/coreui/dist/js/coreui-utilities';
 import VueEasyPieChart from 'vue-easy-pie-chart';
 import ProjectComponents from './ProjectComponents';
+import ProjectCollectionProjects from './ProjectCollectionProjects';
 import ProjectDependencyGraph from './ProjectDependencyGraph';
 import ProjectServices from './ProjectServices';
 import PortfolioWidgetRow from '../../dashboard/PortfolioWidgetRow';
@@ -385,6 +397,7 @@ import ProjectFindings from './ProjectFindings';
 import ProjectPolicyViolations from './ProjectPolicyViolations';
 import ProjectEpss from './ProjectEpss';
 import ExternalReferencesDropdown from '../../components/ExternalReferencesDropdown.vue';
+import xssFilters from 'xss-filters';
 
 export default {
   mixins: [permissionsMixin],
@@ -396,6 +409,7 @@ export default {
     ProjectPropertiesModal,
     ProjectDetailsModal,
     ProjectComponents,
+    ProjectCollectionProjects,
     ProjectDependencyGraph,
     ProjectServices,
     SeverityBarChart,
@@ -572,6 +586,45 @@ export default {
       let tab = pattern.exec(this.$route.fullPath.toLowerCase());
       return this.$refs[tab && tab[1] ? tab[1].toLowerCase() : 'overview'];
     },
+    getCollectionLogicText: function(project) {
+      let title = 'Metrics of collection project are calculated '
+      switch (project.collectionLogic) {
+        case 'NONE':
+          return '';
+        case 'AGGREGATE_DIRECT_CHILDREN':
+          title += 'by aggregating numbers of all direct children.';
+          break;
+        case 'AGGREGATE_DIRECT_CHILDREN_WITH_TAG':
+          const tag = !project.collectionTag ? '' : xssFilters.inDoubleQuotedAttr(project.collectionTag.name);
+          title += `by aggregating numbers of direct children with tag '${tag}'.`;
+          break;
+        case 'HIGHEST_SEMVER_CHILD':
+          title += 'by using the child with highest SemVer version.'
+          break;
+      }
+      return title;
+    },
+    isCollectionProject: function() {
+      return this.project.collectionLogic !== 'NONE';
+    },
+    isShowComponents: function() {
+      return !this.isCollectionProject();
+    },
+    isShowCollectionProjects: function() {
+      return this.isCollectionProject();
+    },
+    isShowServices: function() {
+      return !this.isCollectionProject();
+    },
+    isShowDependencyGraph: function() {
+      return !this.isCollectionProject();
+    },
+    isShowFindings: function() {
+      return !this.isCollectionProject() && this.isPermitted(this.PERMISSIONS.VIEW_VULNERABILITY)
+    },
+    isShowPolicyViolations: function() {
+      return !this.isCollectionProject() && this.isPermitted(this.PERMISSIONS.VIEW_POLICY_VIOLATION)
+    }
   },
   beforeMount() {
     this.uuid = this.$route.params.uuid;
diff --git a/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectCollectionProjects.vue b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectCollectionProjects.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6392c8ebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectCollectionProjects.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<template>
+  <project-list :parentProject="this.project" :uuid="this.uuid"></project-list>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import ProjectList from "@/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue";
+
+export default {
+  components: {
+    ProjectList
+  },
+  props: {
+    uuid: String,
+    project: Object,
+  }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue
index 36dbe5ede..6a4dd0d4f 100644
--- a/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue
+++ b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="animated fadeIn" v-permission="'VIEW_PORTFOLIO'">
-    <portfolio-widget-row :fetch="true" />
+  <div>
     <div id="projectsToolbar" class="bs-table-custom-toolbar">
       <b-button
         size="md"
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
       :columns="columns"
       :data="data"
       :options="options"
-      @on-load-success="onLoadSuccess"
       @on-pre-body="onPreBody"
       @on-post-body="onPostBody"
     >
@@ -68,6 +66,13 @@ export default {
     ProjectCreateProjectModal,
     PortfolioWidgetRow,
   },
+  props: {
+    /**
+     * If only children from a specific project shall be shown this must be set to the corresponding project
+     */
+    parentProject: Object,
+    uuid: String
+  },
   beforeCreate() {
     this.showInactiveProjects =
       localStorage &&
@@ -84,6 +89,11 @@ export default {
       this.$root.$emit('initializeProjectCreateProjectModal');
     },
     apiUrl: function (uuid) {
+      // if we only want to show children of a specific parent we force the base call to fetch its children
+      if(this.uuid && !uuid) {
+        uuid = this.uuid;
+      }
+
       let url = `${this.$api.BASE_URL}/${this.$api.URL_PROJECT}`;
       if (uuid) {
         url += `/${uuid}/children`;
@@ -241,8 +251,11 @@ export default {
           title: this.$t('message.project_name'),
           field: 'name',
           sortable: true,
+          routerFunc: () => this.$router,
           formatter(value, row, index) {
-            let url = xssFilters.uriInUnQuotedAttr('../projects/' + row.uuid);
+            let url = xssFilters.uriInUnQuotedAttr(
+              this.routerFunc().resolve({name: 'Project', params: {'uuid': row.uuid}}).href
+            );
             let collectionIcon = '';
             if(row.collectionLogic !== 'NONE') {
               let title = 'Metrics of collection project are calculated '
@@ -303,6 +316,7 @@ export default {
           title: this.$t('message.classifier'),
           field: 'classifier',
           sortable: true,
+          routerFunc: () => this.$router, // needed by formatter
           formatter: common.componentClassifierLabelProjectUrlFormatter(this),
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectListView.vue b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectListView.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0022db0ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectListView.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="animated fadeIn" v-permission="'VIEW_PORTFOLIO'">
+    <portfolio-widget-row :fetch="true" />
+    <project-list></project-list>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+
+import PortfolioWidgetRow from "@/views/dashboard/PortfolioWidgetRow.vue";
+import ProjectList from "@/views/portfolio/projects/ProjectList.vue";
+
+export default {
+  components: {ProjectList, PortfolioWidgetRow}
+}
+</script>