Categories in a multi-user account plan have the same function as with the single user account plan. They help organize related items into a common group. In multi-user, categories are slightly different in that they have owners. An owner can be any one of your account members.

Anyone can create a category, but only the owner and the Administrator can delete or edit a category. Categories work in conjunction with Locations to help maintain the permissions for each user while allowing them to view groups of related data.

A user can only see categories that they either, own, or contain items that they have permissions to view. Even if a user owns a category they can only see the items in Locations that they have permissions to see. A great way to use categories in a multi-user setting is when you want users to be efficient, but only want to give them view only permissions to a Location.