Product categories group similar products together. They're different from reporting categories, which are used for financial tracking.
Product categories let you:
Find products when creating new bookings in Venue Manager.
Filter products using the daily capacity, calendar and run sheet views in Venue Manager.
Product categories and tags can both be used to group products in your checkout. For ongoing checkout management, we recommend using product tags.
You can't set a category while you're creating a product, so you need to come back to the Categories page each time you add one. If you're setting up your venue for the first time, build all your products first, then group them into categories in one pass.
The permission Can manage product categories is required for staff members to create, edit and delete product categories. Administrator and manager system roles automatically have this permission enabled and any custom roles based on these roles.
Create a new product category
From Venue Manager, go to Products > Categories:
Select Create a category.
The category panel appears.
Enter the category name.
Search for and select the products for the category.
Select Save.
Add a new product to an existing category
From Venue Manager, go to Products > Categories:
Select the existing category you want to add a new product to.
The category panel appears.
Search for and add the product.
Select Save.
Remove a product from an existing category
From Venue Manager, go to Products > Categories:
Select the existing category you want to remove a product from.
The category panel appears.
Select the trash can icon next to the product to remove it from the category.
Select Save.
Delete a category
From Venue Manager, go to Products > Categories:
Select the options menu (3 dots) for the category you want to delete.
Select Delete from the drop-down.
When asked to confirm, select Confirm. The category is deleted.