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# Product Categories

Keep products easy to find in the Business Panel and in embedded product lists. Learn how to create categories and sub-categories and assign products.

Organise your products into categories for easier management in the Business Panel and for navigation in embedded product lists.

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## How to set up a product category

1. Go to **Settings**.
2. Under **Data**, click **Product Categories**.
3. Click **New** and fill in the following attributes:
   * **Name:** categories display in alphabetical order. To control the order, add a number at the beginning of the name.
   * **Code:** this will be visible in your URL.
   * **Parent:** leave blank to create a top-level category. To create a sub-category, select an existing category as the parent.
4. Select the category you just created, assign products to it, and click **Save Changes**.

{% hint style="success" %}
You can also assign a product to a category directly from the product level under the **General** tab.
{% endhint %}

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## Related articles

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Product Types &#x26; Limits</strong></td><td>Choose the right type before organising products.</td><td><a href="/configurator/getting-started/product-types-and-limits.md">Product Types</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Embed Types</strong></td><td>Use categories to help visitors browse embedded product lists.</td><td><a href="/configurator/embeds-and-translations/embed-types.md">Embed Types</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Default Configuration</strong></td><td>Set the configuration customers see when the configurator loads.</td><td><a href="/configurator/getting-started/default-configuration.md">Default Configuration</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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