Category

Categories give you sections to divide your workspace into. All EditorialObjects belong to exactly one Category.

Property Reference

Field Name Required Type Description Format

created

Date

The time when this resource was created

date-time

createdBy

String

The request or process that created this resource

creatorId

Long

The id of the user who created this resource

int64

description

String

id

Long

The id of this resource

int64

includeRoles

Boolean

index

Integer

int32

lastUpdated

Date

The time when this resource was last updated

date-time

modifiedBy

String

The request or process responsible for the last update of this resource

name

String

objectType

String

The data model type or class name of this resource

productionId

Long

int64

roles

Set of Role

type

String

Enum: UNASSIGNED, USER_DEFINED, DEFAULT_NOTEBOOK, DEFAULT_EPISODE, DEFAULT_STORY,

version

Long

The version of this resource, used for Optimistic Locking

int64

type

The type field indicates what kind of Category it is.

Some (most) categories are created automatically when creating a new production.

Type Description Created automatically

UNASSIGNED

Clips not assigned to any EditorialObject will belong to this category.

yes

DEFAULT_NOTEBOOK

The default category for EditorialObjects with objectType Notebook and Draft.

yes

DEFAULT_EPISODE

The default category for EditorialObjects with objectType Episode and Scene.

yes

DEFAULT_STORY

The default category for EditorialObjects with objectType Story and StoryPart.

yes

USER_DEFINED

Categories created explicitly by a user will have type USER_DEFINED. They can contain EditorialObjects with objectType Notebook and Draft.

no

The image below shows a Limecraft Flow UI Library sidebar with (in order of appearance) the DEFAULT_NOTEBOOK (labelled 'Collections'), a USER_DEFINED category called 'Rushes', the DEFAULT_EPISODE (labelled 'Screenplays`) and the DEFAULT_STORY (labelled Stories).

cat types