Note: The following information only applies to plans at a service. We also have help articles dedicated to portfolio planning.
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In this guide learn about:
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1. What are planning categories?
2. Adding categories to plans
3. Removing a category from a plan
4. Creating a new category
5. Editing an existing category
6. Filtering plans by category

​Plans can be categorised to allow for easy filtering of different types and to help you organise them. The categories act just like folders.
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All services start with a predefined base set of planning categories but you can edit and add your own categories. For example, you could change the predefined 'Goal' category to 'Aspirations', or you could add a completely new category called 'Parent aspiration'.
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These are designed to be as flexible as possible, so you can create categories based on the type of plan, year, plan's author or however suits the way that your service does planning.

If you've set up rooms at your service, your service's category set is across all rooms (each room doesn't have its own set). So when a room adds a new category or edits an existing category, these changes are reflected across all groups.
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When creating or editing a plan, click the 'Category' link at the top of the page, then select one or more categories that you want to add to the plan.

To remove a category from a plan that you are editing, simply tap the arrow next to the categories, and in the dropdown menu deselect that category:
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1. Open the category menu, and beneath all the listed categories click '+ New'.

2. Enter the name of your new category:

3. Select a category colour.

4. Click the 'Create' button and the new category will be found in your categories list.
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If you are an admin you can edit existing categories.

Categorising your plans makes it easier to find and display plans of the same type.

Learn more about ordering and filtering plans.