To Add a Category

1. In the Components list, under Local, select a default category.

2. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar, click the Add Category button.

   • From the Components menu, choose Local -> Add Category.

   • In the Components list, right-click the selected category and choose Local -> Add Category.

     The Add Category window opens.

   

3. Type a name and description for the new category.

4. Check distributions to which you want this category to be assigned.

5. Click Apply.

   The status column indicates when the category is uploaded to the knowledge base.

6. Click Close.

   The Add Category window closes. You might have to wait until the Components list is updated with the new category; time depends on your local environment configuration.

Example 5–1 Adding a Category with the CLI

The create a new category CLI command puts the category into all distributions (default) if you do not use the -D parameter. To add the category to one specific distribution, use the -D parameter and the name of the distribution. (The -ld command outputs the names of distributions.) See Add Local Category (-alc) Command.

#! /bin/bash

echo -n “Enter your user name:” 
read user 
echo -n “Enter your password:” 
read password 

echo -n “Type a name for the new category:” 
read newCatName 
echo -n “Enter a desription for the new category:” 
read newCatDesc 
echo “Under which category should this one be added?” 
echo “Valid answers: Local RPMs, Local PKGs, Probes, Pre-actions,” 
echo “Post-actions, Macros, Configuration files,” 
echo “or an existing user category under one of these: /existing_subcategory” 
read parent 

uce_cli -alc -T “$newCatName” -ds “$newCatDesc” -pT “$parent” -u “$user” -p “$password”