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Create a category

Add categories to group items in the catalog.

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Written by Cindy Thompson

Categories organize your items, determine how customers navigate your online store, report on item sales, and route items to specific printers.

Mobile application

  1. Select Settings > Catalog > Categories.

  2. Select Create Category.
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  3. Enter the Category Name and an optional Description.

  4. To nest the category within another category (for example, nesting Energy Drinks within Bottled Beverages), select Parent Category and then select the category.
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  5. Select Save.

Web application

  1. Select Catalog > Categories.
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    The Category Management page is displayed.
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  2. Select Create Category in the upper-right corner. The Create Category window is displayed.

  3. Enter the Category Name and an optional Description of the category.

  4. To add the category as a subcategory of another category, select the Parent Category.

  5. Select Add Items to select the items to assign to the category. The Link items to Category pane is displayed. You can enter part of the item name in the search field above the search for the items to be added.


    ​Note: This step applies only if you have already created items in your catalog. See Create an item.
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  6. Select Save Selection in the lower-right corner. The assigned items are displayed under Items in Category.

  7. Select Save in the upper-right corner to save the category.

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