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A category groups supplies in your dental clinic’s catalog, for example “Gloves and barrier protection” or “Anesthesia”. Every supply belongs to exactly one category, so you need at least one category before you can create a supply. A category has only a name. It has no status, no parent category and no code of its own besides its internal id.

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Who can do it

See Roles and permissions.

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Where

In Catalog, click the Categories link next to the search box. The Categories screen (/catalog/categories) says Group the supplies in your dental clinic catalog. and has Back to catalog at the top. The screen lists every category in one column, Category name, in the order they were created. When there are none, it shows No categories yet and Add a category to start organizing supplies.

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Create a category

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Open the dialog

On Categories, click New category in the page header. The button only appears if you hold catalog.manage.
2

Name it

Type the Category name: required, up to 120 characters, and not only spaces.
3

Save

Click Save category. The dialog closes and the category appears at the end of the list. Cancel closes the dialog without saving.
You can also create a category while creating or editing a supply: click New category under the Category field. The same dialog opens, and the new category is selected in the supply form when you save it.
Category names do not have to be unique. muveya does not stop you from creating two categories with the same name, so check the list first.

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Rename, deactivate or delete

The current release has no way to rename, deactivate or delete a category, neither in the console nor through the API.
  • To stop using a category, open each supply that belongs to it, choose another Category and click Save changes. The old category stays in the list and in every filter.
  • To fix a misspelled name, create a category with the right name and move the supplies to it as above.
  • If a category must be renamed or removed, write to team@muveya.com.

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Category ids

Each category has an internal categoryId. The console shows names everywhere except on the CSV import screen, where the table Category IDs for your CSV lists each Category name next to its categoryId with a Copy category ID button (Category ID copied confirms it). CSV files reference categories by that id, not by name. See Import and export. The public API lists categories with GET /v1/catalog/categories (scope catalog:read). Each item read by the API carries its categoryId.

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How categories are used

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What the system records

The category and its name, in your dental clinic only. Creating a category is not written as a separate audit entry.

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What can go wrong

Catalog items

Create supplies and assign their category.

Import and export

Use category ids in a CSV file.

Order approval policy

Decide which orders need approval.

Roles and permissions

Grant Manage the catalog.