Admin: Corporate Office
Page: Inventory > Categories
URL: [CLIENTID].corpadmin.directscale.com/Corporate/Inventory/Categories
Permission: ViewCategories()

Categories are a great tool to keep your eCommerce experience user-friendly. Their purpose is to organize inventory items in the various stores.

• The Corporate Shop displays categories as sidebar menu.
• In the Web Office Store, you’ll see them as tabs along the top of the page.
• In the eCommerce Shop, categories live in the sidebar menu and the Products dropdown menu.

What We’ll Cover

• Adding a Category
• Editing/Deleting Categories

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Adding a Category

1. Click the + New Category button.

   

   You navigate to the New Inventory Category page.

   

2. On the page, select a Language.

   You can enter localized content in the Name and Description for each language.

3. Enter a Name.

4. Optionally, select a Parent Category if you want it to be a sub-category.

5. Enter a Description.

6. Select any Stores where the category will be visible.

7. Decide on a Sort Order number.

   Categories sort from smallest to largest, with zero being the smallest number. Zero is set by default on all new categories.

8. Click Save Changes.

   Repeat steps for each Language.

Your category adds to the Categories List. Sub-categories appear under their Parent Category.

1. Click the arrow to expand the view:

   

Categories aren’t visible in the Web Office or eCommerce Shop until they contain an inventory item. Empty categories, however, display in the Corporate Shop.

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Editing/Deleting Categories

1. Select a category in the Categories List to edit/delete its configuration: