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Use categories as customized filters
Use categories as customized filters
Logan Bowlby avatar
Written by Logan Bowlby
Updated over a year ago

Overview

Categories can be applied to different modules within Mobaro to allow you even more depth for filter dashboards, results, assignments, and more.

Users must be Super Users or have the following roles to create:

Assignment, File, Checklist, and Downtime Categories:

  • Organization: Administrate

Question Categories:

  • Question Category Hierarchies: Create


Assignment Categories

Creating Assignment Categories enables you to add categories to your assignments. When adding a category to assignments you will be adding a new filter to view e.g. categorize assignments on a dashboard. This way you get a quick overview of the subject of the assignment and e.g. which assignments occur most frequently.

To create an Assignment Category:

  1. Navigate to Configuration

  2. Ensure you are on the Assignments tab

  3. Click the + Create new category button

  4. Name your Category

  5. Click OK


Checklist categories

Creating Checklist Categories enables you to add categories to your checklists and they are used to compare the categorized checklists on a dashboard. When adding categories to checklists, the categories can function as filters both on reporting dashboards and on your location overview. This helps you focus on a specific group of checklists.

  1. Navigate to Configuration

  2. Click on the Checklists tab

  3. Click the + Create new category button

  4. Name your Category

  5. Click OK

Using the Checklist Category

  1. Navigate to Checklists

  2. Select a checklist to add this category to

  3. Click the Edit button

  4. When in the checklist, click the Settings button

  5. Add the category and Save the checklist


Question Categories

Creating Question Categories enables you to add categories to the questions in your checklists. Question Categories are used for grouping specific questions, possibly spanning across several checklists. They can be used on the dashboard when looking at the scores of a location or a checklist.

  1. Click the > next to Checklists

  2. Click Question Categories

  3. Click the + Create button

  4. Give a name to the Hierarchy

  5. Click the + Create button and select Group or Category

  6. Continue to build each Hierarchy as necessary

Once created, these Question Categories can be attached to specific questions within your Checklists.


Downtime Categories

Creating Downtime Categories enables you to add categories to your downtime registrations. If one of your locations breaks down unexpectedly you are able to register downtime. A Downtime Category can be added to register the cause of the downtime and the categories can be used to compare the categorized registrations on a dashboard. Read more about downtime here.

  1. Navigate to Configuration

  2. Click on the Downtime tab

  3. Click the + Create new category button

  4. Enter a name for the category

  5. Click OK


File Categories

Creating File Categories enables you to add categories to the images in your gallery. When adding categories to images, the categories can function as filters in your gallery. This helps you focus on a specific group of images. Adding categories to your images can also be a way of indicating something special about them. All the subscribers to the image, e.g. the user who created the image, will get a notification of the added category.

  1. Navigate to Configuration

  2. Click on the Files tab

  3. Click the + Create new category button

  4. Enter a name and optional description for the category

  5. Select a color for the category

  6. Click OK

Utilizing a File Category

Go to the gallery. When File Categories are available, a ‘Categories’ field will show in the image editor.

  1. Chose an image.

  2. In the editor click the Categories drill down and add multiple categories to the same image.

The color of the category will show the image in the gallery.

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