Create Categories from Scratch
You can create categories from scratch.
To create categories from scratch
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Create the category by using the
CategoryCreate
action. For example:action=CategoryCreate&Name=Botanics&Category=1
From this action, IDOL Category component creates the
Botanics
category with an ID of1
. The new category is a child of theroot
category, which has the ID0
. Categories that you create from scratch are by default stored as child categories of theroot
category. However, you can specify an alternative parent category when you create a category. TheCategory
Category
parameter is optional. If you do not specify an ID, the system automatically generates a random ID. -
Create a child category.
The IDOL Category component returns an ID for the category that it creates. You can use this ID to identify the category, for example, to add a child category to it:
action=CategoryCreate&Name=Perennials&Parent=1
In this example, Category creates the
Perennials
category. The new category is a child of the category with the ID1
(in this case, theBotanics
category). -
Train the new category. You can set training action parameters for the
CategoryCreate
action to train a category when you create it. -
Optionally, move categories to create a hierarchical structure or to modify their position in the category hierarchy.