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Manage categories

Categories are the folders of your catalogue. On the Categories page you add, rename, move, hide and delete them.

A catalogue opened on the Categories page, with the table of its subcategories

Before you begin​

  • You need Backoffice access and the Product Data role.
  • To create or delete a category you need Owner access. To rename or move one you need Editor or Owner access.

Open a category​

  1. Go to PIM > Categories. The page opens on All taxonomies, with a tile for each catalogue. Most companies have one.
  2. Click the tile, or a category in the tree at the left.
  3. Click a row of the subcategories table to go one level deeper. All taxonomies at the top takes you back.

The line under the name counts what is inside, for example "6 subcategories · 39 direct · 464 total products". Direct is the number of products in this category itself. Total includes the products of all categories below it.

Point at a row to see three icons: Add products, Add subcategory and Edit details. The number under Total products opens the products of that category.

Subcategory row of Patient monitoring with the Add products, Add subcategory and Edit details icons

Find a category​

Type a name in Search categories… above the tree. The tree shows the matching categories and how many there are. Click the × in the field to see the whole tree again.

Tree search with the matching category name highlighted

The filter button next to the search box narrows the tree, for example to hidden categories or to categories that changed in a period.

Filter panel with Visibility, dates, Slugs, Source and Sort options

Add a subcategory​

  1. Open the category it belongs under.
  2. Click Add subcategory above the subcategories table.
  3. Type the Name and click Create.

Create and add another keeps the dialog open for the next one. Click Done when you have added them all. The subcategory shows in the tree and in the subcategories table. It is empty: see Manage the products in a category to fill it.

Edit a category​

  1. Open the category and click Edit details.
  2. Change the fields on the General tab.
  3. Click Save.

To change only the name, click the pencil next to it at the top of the category.

Category detail page with the General tab open and the Media & docs and Attributes tabs next to it

FieldWhat it is
NameThe name customers see. It has a value per language
SlugThe name as it appears in a web address
HiddenYes hides the category from the webshop
Short description, DescriptionTexts for the category page, per language
MetadataThe title and description that search engines such as Google use

Texts are saved in the data language that is selected in the top bar. See Switch language.

Add images, videos and documents​

  1. Open the category and click the Media & docs tab.
  2. Add images, videos and documents the same way as for a product. See Add images, videos and documents.

Move a category​

  • Drag a row by its handle to change the order inside the same category.
  • To move a category under another one, tick it in the table, click Move to…, pick the new category and click Select.

Hide a category​

Set Hidden to Yes on the category detail page and save. The Hidden column of the subcategories table shows which categories are hidden.

Delete a category​

  1. Open the category and click Delete at the top. Or tick it in the table of the category above it and click Delete.
  2. Confirm.

You can only delete a category that is empty: no subcategories and no products or clusters in it. Move or unlink those first.