Working with My Preferences Personalization Category Groups

Category groups can represent products, such as Query or Tree Manager, or functional groupings. A category group is an attribute that enables you to designate ownership of personalizations for administrative duties, such as maintenance.

Category groups are also used when assigning My Preference personalization to permission lists. When you assign My Preferences personalizations to permission lists, you specify the option category level (for example, PeopleTools, Campus Solutions, Supply Chain Managements, and so on) and the category group.

Note: By default, all options created within the category level of Custom appear in the Custom category group.

Access the Category Group page (PeopleTools > Personalization > Category Groups).

Image: Category Group page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Category Group page.

Category Group page

Field or Control

Definition

Option Category Group

Displays the name of the category group.

Object owner identifier

Displays the name of the group responsible for the maintenance of the category group.

Description

Provides a description of the category group for identification purposes. This field has a 30-character limit.