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Course categories data source in Dash

About the Course categories data source and available fields and conditions (Plus only)

About

The Course categories data source presents a comprehensive list of all available categories within Moodle. It is used to provide category overviews, facilitate site navigation, or display metrics like course distribution. You can find these settings when opening the preferences of a Dash block.


Available fields

These are the building blocks available for your layout:

Course category

  • Category name

  • Category URL

  • ID number

  • Summary

  • Category link

  • Category image

  • Category image url

  • Courses count

  • Recent course

Details area

  • Details button

  • Details link

Note: For how to enable and arrange these fields, see Fields preferences. To configure how the details button and link behave, see the Details area preferences.


Available conditions

You can restrict which course categories are included in the block using the following rules:

  • Course categories – Refine the data to focus on specific course categories.

Note: For how to apply these restrictions, see Conditions preferences.

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