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Creating a Product Category

You can group products into product categories under catalogs. You can also create a hierarchy of categories and subcategories.

This task is a step in Process of Adding Catalog Visibility to Hospitality Products.

To create a product category

1. Navigate to the Administration - Catalog screen, then the Catalog Administration view.
2. In the Catalog Administration list, query for and select the required catalog.
3. Drill down on the Name hyperlink.

   The Categories view appears.

4. Create a new category record, and complete the fields as required.

   For information about the fields, see Creating a Product Catalog.

   CAUTION:  Make sure that you complete the Effective Start Date and Effective End Date fields. Siebel Hospitality checks these dates when users create quote line items for effective catalogs.

5. Create additional new product categories as needed.
6. (Optional) Build a hierarchy of category and subcategory records by performing the following steps:
   1. Click the Move up and Move down buttons to position a category under a primary category record.
   2. Click the Demote one level button once to indent the category under the primary category and make it a subcategory.