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Managing taxonomy categories

Add, edit, and delete a taxonomy category to manage the categories for your organization. Before you create a new taxonomy, identify the categories that the business requires and whether the content in the category) that you want to create requires expert approval.

Adding a taxonomy category

  1. In the navigation pane of the Pega Knowledge portal, click Taxonomy.
  2. Click Add category.
  3. In the Category name field, enter the name of the new category. 
  4. In the Authorized role list, select the appropriate Authorized role to add security content visibility setting to a taxonomy category.
    Note: You can apply multiple roles to a category.
  1. Optional: If Expert approval is enabled, configure expert approval.
    • In the Category expert type, select User, Work queue or Team.
    • If you selected User, in the Expert user list select the users that can provide expert approval.
    • If you selected Work queue, in the Expert workbasket list select the appropriate work queue.
    • If you selected Team, in the Expert group list select the appropriate group of experts.
    Note: For details about how to enable expert approval, see Enabling expert approval.
  1. Click Submit to save and create the new category.
    create new taxonomy category

Editing a taxonomy category

  1. On the Taxonomy landing page of the Pega Knowledge portal, in the row of the category you want to edit, click Actions > Edit category.
    the actions menu and edit category button
  2. Optional: To change the category name, in the Category name field, enter a new name.
  3. Optional: Add or remove the Authorized roles for the category.
  4. Optional: If expert approval is enabled, change the Category expert type.
  5. Click Submit to apply the changes to the category.

Deleting a taxonomy category

  1. On the Taxonomy landing page of the Pega Knowledge portal, in the row of the category you want to edit, click Actions > Delete category.

The system removes the category.

Note: The system will not allow you to delete a taxonomy category if it has articles in it. All articles must either be assigned to a different category or archived before a taxonomy category can be deleted.

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