Categories

Each element (image, movie, etc.) can be assigned to a category. This makes the database more transparent and the elements can thus be found more quickly. A well-administered database and category maintenance delivers search results quickly .

Additional functions: [Professional] [C / S]

User Tracking follows the person, who made category assignments.

It is not possible to apply a category (with the same name) twice - no matter at which point of the hierarchy. The reason this couldn't be done is not the name, but the XMLID (XML ID). If there is an additional digit appended to the name, two categories may be named holiday - one with the XML ID holiday and another with holiday2016.

New categories can be created in the appropriate tab. Each category has properties to optimize the visualization (numbering, color). They will be allocated/assigned in this window.
Very important are the category values. Category values can be characterized as sub-categories.

In the following example, the category holiday was created and enhanced by the following category values to refine the image search even further:

Sylt
Mantova
San Francisco
Venetia
Zugspitze

Complete creating categories by SAVE.

The categories were (in our example) provided with numbers (numpad number for quick-assignment). You can see them on the left hand - in the list of categories, but in the element list as well. A color and a number (6) has been assigned to the category "serie", so that the images in this category can be identified quickly. If there is a , that means that an identical file - a so-called Hashmatch - was found.

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Function	Description
add new category	Creates a new category record in the DoublePics database
Hash-export	Exports the hashed category to your desired folder/directory on your local Hard Disk
MD5	Select a hash algorithm
Name	Enter the category name
XmlID	The XML ID will be additionally transferred to third-party software (e.g. report tables, which were generated for X-Ways get the XMLID as their name) Spaces and special characters are not allowed for reasons of compatibility.
Sort order	Elements with the same sort order value will be sorted by name.
ToolTip	Here you can create a detailed description of the category. Appears as a tooltip
Numpad number for quick-assignment	For a quick categorization of elements, individual categories may be assigned to the number keys on the numeric keypad. The respective category is assigned to the currently selected element immediately. If the element got no number, the object appears instead
Colour	Colouring category markers in Cockpit; makes the category membership of an element visible immidiately.
Create / Save	Create: Saving a new category Save: Saving a new category value
Category values	Creating category values and further options

After allocating the categories and category values, exactly these allocations are visible in the folder/tree. Categories and category values are provided for each picture element.

Here
Category: Holiday
Category values: Mantova, San Francisco, Sylt, Venetia and Zugspitze

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Function	Description
Element list	Select/flag the images
recursive/only flagged	all subfolders included/select only flagged elements
Sort	Sorting options
View	Selecting a list of thumbnails or previews
File information	Information about the picture (Category, category value, integration point, etc.)
Category value	Category value, assigned to the file
Category assignments	Dsiplays the existing category values
H	Category history
Sylt	Name of the Category
	Numpad number for quick-assignment
Folder based categorization (recursive)