Adding Taxonomy Category

You can access this page only if you have the Use the Administration UI permission in CentraSite.

Note: This functionality applicable only to CentraSite Control has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

You can subdivide a taxonomy by creating categories and subcategories.

The following general guidelines apply when adding categories to a taxonomy:

The Add Category item is visible only if the following conditions are met:

If the taxonomy has already been categorized with one or more child taxonomies (categories).

If the taxonomy does not have a child category and has never been classified for any of its applicable object types.

The Add Category item is not visible if the following conditions are met:

If the taxonomy does not include a child category and is classified for at least one of its applicable object types.

If the taxonomy and it's category are classified for at least one applicable object type.

If the taxonomy is related to any one of the lifecycle model.

To add a category to a taxonomy

1. In CentraSite Control, go to Administration > Taxonomies.

2. Right-click a taxonomy for that you want to add a category, and click Add Category.

3. In the Add Category dialog, provide the required information for each of the displayed data fields.

Field	Description
Name	Name of the category. This is the name that users will see in the taxonomy hierarchy when they view assets using the Browse page. The name must be meaningful (for example, Software AG ASIA-PAC, not SAG-AP). A category name can contain any characters (including spaces), and must be unique within a taxonomy hierarchy.
Description	Optional. The description for the category.
Icon	Optional. The location of a bitmap file that contains an icon that is displayed in the user interface to identify this new category. The bitmap format must be either JPG, GIF or PNG; it must be 16x16 pixels, to match the size of the existing category.

4. Click OK.

The newly created category is added to the taxonomy.

5. To expand or collapse the categories, click the chevron next to the taxonomy name.