Categories make it possible to assemble products in order to present a single product line to the customer on one page. Some back-office management screens will also use categories to split the management scope. You can use categories to group similar products. Category is implemented as a simple concept in the Moodle shop.

• Catalogue (FKEY) :The catalogue to which the category belongs.
• Name: External Name of the category. Visible in both front office and back office.
• Description : This text is diplayed as heading in front office when displaying the category content.
• Parent ID : Aloows you to attach a category to another as parent. The front-office can display a hierarchical tab-tree for browsing sub-categories.
• Order : Order of category display.
• Visibility: A category may be visible or hidden.

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