--- title: Adding Categories / Subcategories description: Set up categories (Equipment, Facilities, IT, Office, etc.) for more granularity in creating tasks. --- [Skip to content](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge/adding-categories-/-subcategories#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Contact us](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) ![owlops-2.png\]](https://www.owlops.com/hs-fs/hubfs/owlops-2.png?width=197&height=75&name=owlops-2.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [Contact us](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Go to owlops.com](https://www.owlops.com/) [Go to owlops.com](https://www.owlops.com/?hsLang=en) Hello. How can we help with OwlOps? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Daily Operations](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge/daily-operations?hsLang=en) 3. [Categories & Workflows](https://www.owlops.com/knowledge/daily-operations?hsLang=en#categories-workflows) # Adding Categories / Subcategories ## Set up categories (Equipment, Facilities, IT, Office, etc.) for more granularity in creating tasks. #### Step 1: Go to **Setup / Categories.** Add a new category (if not already setup).  ![](https://www.owlops.com/hubfs/image-png-Jan-28-2022-03-54-34-19-PM.png) #### Step 2: Once you've set up your main categories, you can add "subcategories" to add specific pieces of equipment, facilities, etc. This will make it easier when creating a task / reporting purposes.  ![](https://www.owlops.com/hubfs/image-png-Jan-28-2022-04-47-11-02-PM.png) **A. Assign:** Select who the default person should be assigned to. (e.g. In the example above, any tasks with Blender selected will go to Luis, and any tasks being assigned to a Broiler would default to Mike.)  **B. Task Defaults:** Add troubleshooting messages to prompt your team before they submit a task. You can also change the default priority of each subcategory (eg.  You may want to set the priority of the broiler to HIGH and prompt your team to check a few things before they create a task). ![](https://www.owlops.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-03-43-47-PM.png?width=442&name=image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-03-43-47-PM.png) When creating a task, the prompt will appear like the image below and the priority will be defaulted to how it was set.  ![](https://www.owlops.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-02-53-36-PM.png?width=552&name=image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-02-53-36-PM.png) **C. Common Issues:** You can create common issues with your subcategories that will make it easy to select from a dropdown when creating tasks. ![](https://www.owlops.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-12-44-10-PM.png?width=653&name=image-png-Jan-28-2022-05-12-44-10-PM.png) **D. 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