{"id":782,"date":"2015-08-21T16:02:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T16:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/?p=782"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:05:40","slug":"how-do-i-add-and-update-pack-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/how-do-i-add-and-update-pack-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I add and update pack categories?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Log in to the Onsight web console at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sales.onsightapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sales.onsightapp.com\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018Manage your data\u2019 from the left-hand side menu.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8216;Pack categories&#8217; menu item.<\/li>\n<li>You will see a list of all of your existing pack categories. <\/li>\n<li>To add a new pack category, click on &#8216;Add Pack Category&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>To update an existing pack category, click on the name of\u00a0the pack category, click the &#8216;Edit&#8217; button, make your changes and then click the &#8216;Save&#8217; button.<\/li>\n<li>To delete an existing pack category, tick the box that is to the left of the pack category you would like to delete and then click the &#8216;Delete&#8217; button at the top of the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor each pack category you can specify a range of data fields and configuration options.<\/p>\n<p><b>Name :<\/b><br \/>\nGive the category a descriptive name that describes the packs that will be placed within this category.<\/p>\n<p><b>Parent category :<\/b><br \/>\nIf the pack category you are creating is a sub-category, choose the main pack category here. If this is not a sub-category, do not choose anything here.<\/p>\n<p><b>Active :<\/b><br \/>\nShould this pack category be displayed or not (i.e. active or inactive)?<\/p>\n<p><b>Short description :<\/b><br \/>\nProvide a brief explanation of the types of packs that will be placed in this category. <\/p>\n<p><b>Image :<\/b><br \/>\nUpload an image to represent this category. You can use an image of one of the packs that will eventually be stored in this category. Try to use an image that is instantly recognisable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Log in to the Onsight web console at\u00a0https:\/\/sales.onsightapp.com\/. Click on \u2018Manage your data\u2019 from the left-hand side menu. Click on the &#8216;Pack categories&#8217; menu item. You will see a list of all of your existing pack categories. To add a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onsightapp.com\/user-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}