How do I manage categories for a catalog?

As a Canvas Catalog admin, you can manage your categories though a catalog's Categories page. You can view your category names and types. You can also edit, add, or delete categories. Categories are based either on a tag or on a subcatalog name.

When you create categories in a parent catalog, you can set a subcatalog to automatically use those categories. However, you can also disassociate a subcatalog's categories from the parent and create custom categories in a subcatalog.

Open Admin

Open Admin

Click the User Name drop-down menu [1]. Then, click the Admin link [2].

Open Catalogs

Open Catalogs

Click the Catalogs tab.

Open Catalog

Open Parent Catalog

Click a catalog name link.

Open Categories

Open Categories

Click the Categories tab.

View Categories

View Categories

The Categories tab displays the category name [1] and the type of category [2]. Categories are either tags or subcatalog names.

Add Categories

Add Categories

To add new categories from subcatalogs or tags, select an option from the drop-down menu.

Delete Categories

Delete Categories

To remove a category, click its Remove icon.

Manage Subcatalogs

Manage Subcatalogs

If you are viewing a subcatalog, categories from the parent catalog already exist when the Inherit categories from catalog ancestry toggle button is on [1]. The categories display but are uneditable [2].

Add Subcatalog Categories

If you don't want the subcatalog to use categories from the parent catalog, click the Inherit categories from catalog ancestry toggle button off.

You can create new categories or remove them.