Category Service (baja-CategoryService)

This service is the station container for all categories, which represent logical groupings to which you can assign components, files, and histories. It is located in a station's Services container.

The default view of this service, the Category Browser, lets you centrally assign different objects to categories, using an expandable tree view of the station. The CategoryService also provides a Category Manager view, for you to create, edit and delete categories. Categories play an integral role in station security, where you can give users permissions for some (or all) categories. By default, the CategoryService is included when you create a new station using the New Station wizard.

Primary properties

Figure 174. CategoryService properties

In addition to being the container for child categories, the CategoryService has only one slot (property): Update Period.

Property	Value	Description
Update Period	hours minutes seconds	Sets the interval at which the system automatically assigns ancestor permissions. The default value is one (1) minute. If you assign a zero value, the system disables this feature.

User, Admin and additional basic category properties

Property	Value	Description
Status	read-only	Indicates the condition of the network, device or component at the last check. `{ok}` indicates that the component is licensed and polling successfully. `{down}` indicates that the last check was unsuccessful, perhaps because of an incorrect property, or possibly loss of network connection. `{disabled}` indicates that the `Enable` property is set to `false`. `{fault}` indicates another problem. Refer to `Fault Cause` for more information.
Mode	drop-down list	There are two modes: Union and Intersection.
Fault Cause	read-only	Indicates the reason why a system object (network, device, component, extension, etc.) is not working properly (in fault). This property is empty unless a fault exists.
Index	integer	Sequential number that identifies the property in the station.