# Asset categories

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The categories will link all tasks and spare parts to a category. The sheet in the Excel file is called “CategoryList”.</span>

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To fill out the Excel file properly, ensure that all fields are filled out properly. Below are the fields listed.</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-field-max-characters" style="width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 20.739%;"></col><col style="width: 12.9917%;"></col><col style="width: 9.7724%;"></col><col style="width: 56.497%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr style="background-color: rgb(230, 126, 35);"><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Field</span>**

</td><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">MAX Characters</span>**

</td><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Required</span>**

</td><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Comment</span>**

</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">ID</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">128</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">Id number of the category</span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">ParentCategories</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">If this category is a child of another category, enter the ID number of the parent category, followed by a space, followed by the name of the parent category</span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Name</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">128</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">X</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">Name of the category</span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">IsCritical</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">X</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">True or False </span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Priority</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">18,2</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">Number with 2 decimals, separated by a comma</span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">Comments</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">1024</span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">Comment for the category</span>

</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">**<span lang="EN-GB">PreferredRunningHour</span>**

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span>

</td><td valign="top"><span lang="EN-GB">Preferred counter for counter-related tasks. The name of the counter should be mentioned</span>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Example</span>

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