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Category Property Dialog Box

You can use the Category Property dialog box to add or edit a category. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Category Property dialog box when you:

• Do any of the following in the Business View Editor dialog box:
  • Select Menu > New > Category or New Category.
  • Right-click the business view or a category and select New Category from the shortcut menu.
  • Right-click a category and select Edit Category from the shortcut menu.
• In the Catalog Manager resource tree, right-click a category and select New Category or Edit Category on the shortcut menu.

The dialog box contains the following tabs:

• General Tab
• Security Tab

You see these buttons in both tabs:

OK

Select to apply all changes and close the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help

Select to view information about the dialog box.

General Tab

Use this tab to specify the general properties of the category.

Display Name

Specify the display name of the category. An intuitive display name can help end users easily understand the contents of the category.

Description

Specify the description of the category.

Security Tab

Use this tab to specify the user accessibility to elements of the business views in the current catalog data source. For more information about options in the tab, see Edit Business View Security dialog box.

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