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Managing Entity Type Categories

Learn how to create, assign, and manage custom categories for your entity types.

Written by Andrea Harvey

Updated at May 7th, 2025

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Table of Contents

Overview Assigning Categories Adding Categories Renaming Categories Deleting Categories

Overview

Categories identify the type of data being detected. DryvIQ comes with the default categories. You can also create custom categories if one of the default categories doesn’t capture what your entity type will be identifying. Preinstalled entity types will be assigned a corresponding default category. All custom entity types you create default to “General,” but you can edit the category if a specific category needs to be used.

Assigning Categories

Preinstalled entity types will be assigned a corresponding default category. All custom entity types you create default to “General.” You can choose a different category when creating the entity type or change the category for an existing entity type using the same process.

  1. Create the entity type or select an existing entity type to edit.
  2. Click Edit above the Category field.
  3. Select the category from the list.
  4. Click Done to save the change.
 
 

Adding Categories

You can create a new custom category if an existing category doesn't meet you need. 

  1. Create the entity type or select an existing entity type to edit.
  2. Click Edit above the Category field.
  3. Click Add new category in the list.
  4. On the Create category modal, type a name for the category you are creating. This name will be displayed in the user interface.
  5. Select Done.
  6. The new category is automatically assigned to the current entity type.
  7. Select Done to save to apply the category to the entity type.
 
 

Renaming Categories

Editing a category allows you to edit the category name displayed in the Entity Types list. You can edit custom categories as well as the predefined categories.

  1. Create the entity type or select an existing entity type to edit.
  2. Click Edit above the Category field.
  3. Click Manage categories.
  4. Click Rename next to the category.
  5. Edit the name as needed.
  6. Click Done.
 
 

Deleting Categories

You can delete categories so they can no longer be used in the application. If entity types are assigned to the category you delete, they will be reassigned to the General category.

  1. Create the entity type or select an existing entity type to edit.
  2. Click Edit above the Category field.
  3. Click Manage categories.
  4. Click the delete icon next to the category you want to delete.
  5. Click Yes when prompted to confirm you want to delete the category.
  6. Click Done.
 
 

 

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