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
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 | Reports the condition of the entity
or process at last polling. {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 (Union or Intersection) | Defines how a category is mapped into user permissions for
the component. Union (default): Indicates that permissions for the Category are added to the user’s permissions for the component. Intersection: Indicates that missing permissions for the Category are removed from the user’s permissions for the component. |
| Fault Cause | read-only | Indicates the reason why a
system object (network, device, component, extension, etc.) is not
working (in fault). This property is empty unless a fault exists. |
| Index | integer | Sequential number that identifies the property in the station. |