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title: Categories
description: This article explains how you can set-up categories in the platform to create an overview and help users easier find the information they are looking for.
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# Categories

## This article explains how you can set-up categories in the platform to create an overview and help users easier find the information they are looking for.

Categories is a useful tool to organise information and create an overview, which can help users quicker find information in your platform. Only [Platform Administrators](https://help.ziik.io/what-can-you-do-as-site-administrator-in-ziik?hsLang=en) can create and manage categories.

### Types of Categories

You can create categogies in the following modulet:

- [FAQ Categories](https://help.ziik.io/using-categories#FAQ-categories)
- [Supplier Categories](https://help.ziik.io/using-categories#Supplier-Categories)
- [People Specialities](https://help.ziik.io/using-categories#People-Specialities)
- [Unit Features](https://help.ziik.io/using-categories#Unit-Features)
- [Handbook Categories](https://help.ziik.io/using-categories#Handbook-categories)

Go to Categories via the administration panel to get started.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_10-01-22-png-2.png)

### Creating a Category

Press "+ Create category" to create a new category. Name the category and press "Save". 

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_10-18-31-png.png)

### Editing or Deleting a Category

Press the three dots to edit or delete cetegories.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_10-20-48-png.png)

### FAQ Categories

User can find FAQ's by using the search function or the category filter that you have created.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_10-27-15-png.png)

Categories are assigned when creating an FAQ.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_10-35-08-png.png)

### Supplier Categories

Organize your suppliers by using categories. Here are some examples of coonmy used categories:

- Office management
- Human reources
- Professional services
- Security
- IT
- Transport
- Travel and entertainment
- Medical
- Product/ services

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_11-37-02-png.png)

 

### People Specialities

You have the possibility to create special filters for people specialities that you can use to quickly short-list users with certain specialities or sets of skills.  Here are some examples:

- Technical skills
- Language skills
- Fields of expertise
- Certifications (First-aid, safety, ..)
- Knowledge fields

### ![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_12-03-25-png.png)

### Unit Features

You have the possibility to set-up special filters if you have many Units ion order to easily sortlist Units based on your created filters. Here are some example of filters og Unit Featues:

- Product assortment level
- Opening hours (24/7)
- Service level
- Operational type (franchise, ..)

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_12-17-17-png.png)

 

### Handbook Categories

Many handbooks? No problem. Organise your handbooks in categories for an easy overview.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-06-30_12-41-17-png.png)

 

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