category EntityType

Entity for categorizing records to make it easier for your customers to find them on portals and through search.

Entity Set Path
[organization URI]/api/data/v9.2/categories
Base Type
crmbaseentity
Display Name
Category
Primary Key
categoryid
Primary Key Attribute
title
Operations Supported
POST GET PATCH DELETE

Properties

Properties represent fields of data stored in the entity.Some properties are read-only.

Name Type Details
categoryid Edm.Guid

Shows the category.

Display Name: Category ID

categorynumber Edm.String

Shows the category number for customer reference.

Display Name: Category Number

createdon Edm.DateTimeOffset

Date and time when the record was created.

Display Name: Record Created On

Read Only
description Edm.String

Type a detailed description of the category

Display Name: Description

exchangerate Edm.Decimal

Shows the conversion rate of the record's currency. The exchange rate is used to convert all money fields in the record from the local currency to the system's default currency.

Display Name: Exchange Rate

Read Only
importsequencenumber Edm.Int32

Unique identifier of the data import or data migration that created this record.

Display Name: Import Sequence Number

modifiedon Edm.DateTimeOffset

Date and time when the record was modified.

Display Name: Modified On

Read Only
overriddencreatedon Edm.DateTimeOffset

Date and time that the record was migrated.

Display Name: Record Created On

sequencenumber Edm.Int32

Enter a number to define the display position of the category in the hierarchy.

Display Name: Display Order

title Edm.String

Type a title for the Category.

Display Name: Title

versionnumber Edm.Int64
Read Only

Lookup Properties

Lookup properties are read-only, computed properties which contain entity primary key Edm.Guid data for one or more corresponding single-valued navigation properties. More information: Lookup properties and Lookup property data.

Name Single-valued navigation property Description
_createdby_value lk_category_createdby

Unique identifier of the user who created the record.

_createdonbehalfby_value lk_category_createdonbehalfby

Unique identifier of the delegate user who created the record.

_modifiedby_value lk_category_modifiedby

Unique identifier of the user who modified the record.

_modifiedonbehalfby_value lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby

Unique identifier of the delegate user who modified the record.

_ownerid_value ownerid

Enter the user or team who is assigned to manage the record. This field is updated every time the record is assigned to a different user.

_owningbusinessunit_value owningbusinessunit

Shows the business unit that the record owner belongs to.

_parentcategoryid_value parentcategoryid

Select an existing category article for the category.

_transactioncurrencyid_value transactioncurrencyid

Choose the local currency for the record to make sure budgets are reported in the correct currency.

Single-valued navigation properties

Single-valued navigation properties represent lookup fields where a single entity can be referenced. Each single-valued navigation property has a corresponding partner collection-valued navigation property on the related entity.

Name Type Partner
lk_category_createdby systemuser lk_category_createdby
lk_category_createdonbehalfby systemuser lk_category_createdonbehalfby
lk_category_modifiedby systemuser lk_category_modifiedby
lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby systemuser lk_category_modifiedonbehalfby
ownerid principal owner_categories
owningbusinessunit businessunit business_unit_category
parentcategoryid category category_parent_category
transactioncurrencyid transactioncurrency transactioncurrency_category

Collection-valued navigation properties

Collection-valued navigation properties represent collections of entities which may represent either a one-to-many (1:N) or many-to-many (N:N) relationship between the entities.

Name Type Partner
category_parent_category category parentcategoryid
Category_SyncErrors syncerror regardingobjectid_category_syncerror
knowledgearticle_category knowledgearticle knowledgearticle_category

Operations

The following operations can be used with the category entity type.

Name Binding
GrantAccess Not Bound
RetrievePrincipalAccess Not Bound
RetrieveSharedPrincipalsAndAccess Not Bound
RevokeAccess Not Bound

See also