SvcCatalogCategory

Represents the grouping of individual catalog items in Service Catalog. This object is available in API version 53.0 and later.

Supported SOAP API Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

Supported REST API Methods

DELETE, GET, HEAD, PATCH, POST, Query

Special Access Rules

Available to customers with Employee Productivity Plus or IT Service Center add-ons.

Fields

Field Details
DeveloperName
Type
string
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Developer name for this category.
FullName
Type
string
Properties
Create, Group, Nillable
Description
The full name of the category. This name has the following requirements:
  • It must be unique across the org.
  • It must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores.
  • It must begin with a letter.
  • It must not include spaces.
  • It must not end with an underscore.
  • It must not contain two consecutive underscores.
Query this field only if the query result contains up to one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.
IsActive
Type
boolean
Properties
Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
Indicates if a catalog category is active.
The default value is 'false'.
ManageableState
Type
picklist
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
Description
Describes the manageable state of a category that is contained in a package.
Possible values are:
  • beta—Managed-Beta
  • deleted—Managed-Proposed-Deleted
  • deprecated—Managed-Proposed-Deprecated
  • deprecatedEditable—SecondGen-Installed-Deprecated
  • installed—Managed-Installed
  • installedEditable—SecondGen-Installed-Editable
  • released—Managed-Released
  • unmanaged—Unmanaged
MasterLabel
Type
string
Properties
Filter, Group, Sort
Description
The primary label for the catalog category record.
Metadata
Type
complexvalue
Properties
Create, Nillable, Update
Description

The category’s metadata. Query this field only if the query result contains up to one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.

NamespacePrefix
Type
string
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
The namespace associated with this category.
ParentCategoryId
Type
reference
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
If provided, the name of another SvcCatalogCategory that this category appears under. The parent category in this field can’t have its own parent category. Categories can’t have more than one level of nesting.
This is a relationship field.
Relationship Name
ParentCategory
Relationship Type
Lookup
Refers To
SvcCatalogCategory
SortOrder
Type
int
Properties
Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort
Description
Displays a set order for catalog category entities.