When you create a category on the Categories tab of the an object definition, you specify a four-character alphanumeric combination to uniquely identify it in the database. This is its partial tree position in the category hierarchy.

The full tree position of a category is a combination of partial tree positions assigned to the category and all of its parent categories, starting with the root category and separated by underscores.

For example, if category B with partial tree position BBBB is created under category A with partial tree position AAAA in the Account object definition, the full tree position of category B is ACCT_AAAA_BBBB.

On the Categories tab of the object definition, the full tree position is indicated by the selections you make in the Show items in the node drop-down list.

The top-level node is called the Root category. Its full tree position is the same as the "unique code" of the object definition, which are listed in the System Object Unique Codes table and appear in the following locations:

•General tab of the respective object definition

•Object Definition List screen

You may need a category's full tree position when creating custom blocks, automated actions and qualifiers, document generator templates, XML requests, and so on.

Each Involved and embedded object has its own root category that is independent of the custom object to which it belongs. Its full tree position is the unique code of the respective Involved or embedded object.

The following table lists the unique code (or Root category) of all system objects:

System Object Unique Codes

Likewise, the Root category of custom objects is the same as the object's unique code. For example, if the Dispute object has a unique code DISP, its top-level category would also be named Dispute, and its tree position would be DISP.