Categories

Understand the basics

Categories (and subcategories) are used for classifying resources inside of a space.

An administrator can define them, can be assigned to when creating resources, and then participants can filter the different resources by these categories. For instance, they can be used in proposals, meetings, and debates.

Administrators define categories in a space.
Participants can create resources and give them a category.
Participants can then filter by categories.

Once a category is in use it can’t be deleted, as there are resources that are linked to it.

Decidim has other ways to classify resources, for instance Scopes and Hashtags. The main difference is that Categories can be defined in a given space, Scopes are global for all the platform, and Hashtags can be defined by the participants.

Categories can be nested, meaning that a category can have subcategories.

How to find it?

To configure categories, click the Categories item in any participatory space.

View categories in a space administration page

Create a new category

Click in "New category" button on the top right.

Create a new category form

Table 1. Create category form
Field	Type	Description
Name	Required	What is the name for this category.
Order position	Optional	Which order it has in relation to the other categories. Having a lower number means a higher priority. For instance, if you have two categories, "Category a" with weight "10" and "Category b" with weight "0" then "Category b" is first when ordering.
Parent	Optional	What is the parent category.

Manage categories

You can find all the categories on the list in the administration panel, with:

Name: name of the category, given when creating or editing it by the administrator.

Actions

Table 2. Components actions in component list
Icon	Name	Definition
	Edit	To edit the name, the order position and the parent of the category.
	Delete	To delete the category. A category can’t be deleted if it has resources attached to it.