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# cust_category table

> This table contains entries for categories exposed through a customer language.

## cust\_category Table (321)

This table contains entries for categories exposed through a customer language.

## Fields

| Name         | Description                                                                                                       | Type                                     | Nullable |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | :------: |
| id           | The primary key (auto-incremented)                                                                                | PK                                       |    No    |
| name         | The external name for this category.                                                                              | String(255)                              |    Yes   |
| language\_id | The reference to the associated customer language.                                                                | FK [cust\_lang](./cust-lang.mdx)         |    Yes   |
| category\_id | The reference to the associated category.                                                                         | FK [ej\_category](./ej-category.mdx)     |    Yes   |
| parent\_id   | The parent category for this cust\_category. -1 if this is a toplevel cust\_category.                             | FK [cust\_category](./cust-category.mdx) |    Yes   |
| fullname     | The fullname (compiled from parents\' names) for this category. E.g. \'norway/product A/support\'. | String(255)                              |    Yes   |

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/superofficeas/i6M2qZmvMNH7UTeu/media/loc/en/database/tables/cust_category.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=i6M2qZmvMNH7UTeu&q=85&s=96f2e175a53bf29c25b8ea2025fb0379" alt="cust_category table relationship diagram" width="677" height="59" data-path="media/loc/en/database/tables/cust_category.png" />

## Indexes

| Fields       | Types | Description |
| ------------ | ----- | ----------- |
| language\_id | FK    | Index       |
| category\_id | FK    | Index       |
| parent\_id   | FK    | Index       |

## Relationships

| Table                             | Description                                                                                                             |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [cust\_category](./cust-category) | This table contains entries for categories exposed through a customer language.                                         |
| [cust\_lang](./cust-lang)         | This table contains entries for customer languages.                                                                     |
| [ej\_category](./ej-category)     | This table contains categories, in which tickets are categorized. The categories are organized in a hierarchial manner. |

## Replication Flags

* None

## Security Flags

* No access control via user's Role.


## Related topics

- [cust_lang table](/en/database/tables/cust-lang.md)
- [ej_category table](/en/database/tables/ej-category.md)
- [kb_category table](/en/database/tables/kb-category.md)
- [Category table](/en/database/tables/category.md)
- [cust_config table](/en/database/tables/cust-config.md)
- [category_membership table](/en/database/tables/category-membership.md)