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# CategoryFamily table

> Grouping table so that multiple company categories can be grouped under one term; to simplify searching for things like 'all customers'

## CategoryFamily Table (472)

Grouping table so that multiple company categories can be grouped under one term; to simplify searching for things like 'all customers'

## Fields

| Name                      | Description                                                                     | Type                            | Nullable |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | :------: |
| categoryfamily\_id        | Primary key                                                                     | PK                              |    No    |
| name                      | The list item                                                                   | String(239)                     |    No    |
| rank                      | Rank order                                                                      | UShort                          |    Yes   |
| tooltip                   | Tooltip or other description                                                    | String(254)                     |    Yes   |
| deleted                   | 0 -> record is active 1 -> record is 'deleted' and should not be shown in lists | UShort                          |    Yes   |
| registered                | Registered when                                                                 | UtcDateTime                     |    No    |
| registered\_associate\_id | Registered by whom                                                              | FK [associate](./associate.mdx) |    No    |
| updated                   | Last updated when                                                               | UtcDateTime                     |    No    |
| updated\_associate\_id    | Last updated by whom                                                            | FK [associate](./associate.mdx) |    No    |
| updatedCount              | Number of updates made to this record                                           | UShort                          |    No    |

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/superofficeas/-KbDeS3ObOMH8eFq/media/loc/en/database/tables/CategoryFamily.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=-KbDeS3ObOMH8eFq&q=85&s=6d1fcdee47088171de9e9a8c9076aa31" alt="CategoryFamily table relationship diagram" width="671" height="59" data-path="media/loc/en/database/tables/CategoryFamily.png" />

## Indexes

| Fields | Types       | Description |
| ------ | ----------- | ----------- |
| name   | String(239) | Unique      |

## Relationships

| Table                    | Description                                                        |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [associate](./associate) | Employees, resources and other users - except for External persons |
| [Category](./category)   | Category list table                                                |

## Replication Flags

* None

## Security Flags

* No access control via user's Role.


## Related topics

- [Category table](/en/database/tables/category.md)
- [What's new in version 10.1.2.686](/release-notes/database/changes-10.1.2.md)
- [What's new in version 10.3.13.233](/release-notes/database/changes-10.3.13.md)
- [What's new in version 10.3.2.841](/release-notes/database/changes-10.3.2.md)
- [What's new in version 10.3.3.610](/release-notes/database/changes-10.3.3.md)
- [What's new in version 10.3.4.448](/release-notes/database/changes-10.3.4.md)