Defining new categories

To define a new category, use the New action provided in the Categories table. This action is listed only if you are authorized to define new categories.

1. To display the Categories table, complete one of the following actions:
   1. Click Categories on the Software Management page. This link is provided only if you are authorized to add, modify, copy, and remove categories.
   2. Invoke the action to add a software instance or a portable software instance. Then, navigate to the Categories step in the Add Software Instance wizard or the Categories table in the Add Portable Software Instance wizard.
   3. Invoke the action to copy or modify a software instance. Then, click Select on the General tab.
   4. Invoke the action to create, modify, or copy a deployment. Then, navigate to the Specify the properties for this deployment step or the Specify the properties for the target software instance step in the checklist.
2. In the Categories table, select New from the Actions menu. The New Category page is displayed.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the category. The name can contain up to 30 non-blank characters, including alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, and 0-9), mathematical symbols (< > - = | \), punctuation marks (? ! : ' " /), and special characters ($ _ # @ ^). The name is required and must be unique. Category names are not case sensitive; for example, DB2TEST and DB2Test are the same category.
4. In the Description field, enter a description of the category. The description can contain up to 256 characters. The description is optional.
5. Click OK to create the new category.