Settings: Categories (Product Category Master)

Purpose

Categories manages your product category master data (add, edit, delete). Categories are used when creating and organizing products.

Access

• Login required.
• Typically Owner only.

Main Features

• Search: “Search code/name/slug”
• Add category: + Add button in the header
• Edit / Delete on each item
• Pagination: Prev/Next

Category Form (Add / Edit)

Common fields:

• Code (example: CAT01) — required
• Name (example: Snacks) — required
• Slug (example: snacks) — required
  • If slug is empty on create, it may be auto-generated from Name.
  • Slug typically allows lowercase letters/numbers and -.
• Description — required

Notes & Tips

• Use consistent slugs to avoid duplicates and make categories easy to integrate/filter.
• If a category cannot be deleted, it may still be used by products (depends on server rules).