Categories
Products can be assigned to one or more categories which classify products into groups which could represent:
- Type of Product for example a "Toaster" category containing one or many Toasters.
- Products belonging to a special offer for example a "Special Deals" category contain one or many products with special pricing.
- Products assigned to be presented in a specific location within a channel, for example "Home Page Banner" for all products that are assigned to appear on a Banner on the Home Page of a website.
Assess the Categories screen in the console via the console navigation bar.

Specified a Name for the category.
Click New Category to create the new category.

Additional Category Details can be specified including:

Click Save to commit your modifications.
Attributes
Sample Object
Element | Description |
categoryId | Internal Identifier for the category |
name | Name of the category |
slug | A Url slug to access the category |
description | A Description for the category |
attributes | One or more key/value pairs |
parent Category | A parent category to support the creation of a hierarchical/tree based structure of related categories |
images | Image (assets) assigned to a category |
{
"categoryId": "string",
"version": "string",
"slug": "string",
"name": "string",
"description": "string",
"names": {
"additionalProp1": "string",
"additionalProp2": "string",
"additionalProp3": "string"
},
"descriptions": {
"additionalProp1": "string",
"additionalProp2": "string",
"additionalProp3": "string"
},
"parentId": "string",
"parentName": "string",
"itemCount": 0,
"attributes": {},
"children": [
{
"categoryId": "string",
"name": "string",
"slug": "string",
"names": {
"additionalProp1": "string",
"additionalProp2": "string",
"additionalProp3": "string"
}
}
],
"totalChildren": 0,
"sibling": [
{
"categoryId": "string",
"name": "string",
"slug": "string",
"names": {
"additionalProp1": "string",
"additionalProp2": "string",
"additionalProp3": "string"
}
}
],
"totalSibling": 0,
"isActive": true,
"files": [
{
"fileId": "string",
"contentType": "string",
"accessPermission": "string",
"accessUrl": "string",
"attributes": {},
"edgeUrl": "string"
}
]
}
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