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Category Fields

Title

Names the category.

Description

Describes the category.

Category Owner

Indicates the person responsible for the category. When a contact is defined as the owner of a category, the contact has a link on the Knowledge Report Card named "My Categories," from which they can view statistics for that category and the documents it contains. This person is also the default owner for new documents in the category when the user who creates the documents is not an analyst, or an analyst creates the documents with 'Assign to Category Owner' selected.

Documents Template

Defines the document template to use for all documents associated with this category. The <empty> option means that none have been defined, but by default, the predefined template is used.

Approval Process Template

Defines the default template to use for the approval process for all documents associated with this category. The approval process template defines the workflow steps a document must go through before it is published. The default is <empty>, which indicates the application default template is used.

Allow forums to be created in this category

Specifies whether analysts can create forums within this category.

Request/Incident/Problem Area

Designates a Request/Incident/Problem area that your administrator defines to designate an area of responsibility. You can click the search icon to select from the available areas.

Issue Category

Designates an Issue Category that your administrator defines to designate an area of responsibility. You can click the search icon to select from the available areas.