{"id":380,"date":"2021-05-15T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overcharts.com\/en\/helpcenter\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=380"},"modified":"2021-05-26T17:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:20:58","password":"","slug":"category","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.overcharts.com\/en\/helpcenter\/docs\/category\/","title":{"rendered":"Category"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Category is an <strong>OPTIONAL<\/strong> instrument attribute and is used to filter the instrument list in a personalized way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can assign a category to the instrument from instrument configuration (<em>Overcharts<\/em> main window &gt; <strong><em>Instruments<\/em><\/strong> Tab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Access category list<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can access category list in one of the following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong> From <em>Overcharts main window<\/em> &gt;<em> <strong>Instrument<\/strong><\/em><strong>s <\/strong>Tab &gt; <em><strong>Categories <\/strong><\/em>button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> From <em>Overcharts main window<\/em> &gt; <strong><em>Instruments<\/em><\/strong> menu &gt; <em>Categories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Create or Modify a category<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create\/modify a category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong> Access category list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> Select the category to edit and press <strong>Edit<\/strong> button, or press <strong>New<\/strong> button to create a new category<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> Set or change the following properties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Name<\/strong>: category unique name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to use it<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <em>Overcharts main window<\/em> &gt; <strong><em>Instruments<\/em><\/strong> Tab &gt; Combo-box at the top left:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select <strong>Custom Category<\/strong> item:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"356\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.overcharts.com\/en\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/categories-combo-instrument-list1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-381\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Category is an OPTIONAL instrument attribute and is used to filter the instrument list in a personalized way. 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