Categories vs relationships
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The document compares using categories versus relationships to organize content in dotCMS. Categories involve assigning predefined values to structures, but only allow storing a title and key for each item. Relationships provide a more natural representation of associations between contentlets by linking them together, but the relationships need to be entered manually. Queries for related content are simpler using relationships compared to categories.
Categories vs relationships
- 1. Rela%onships  vs.  Categories  Customized  Training  Lab  Wed.,  April  14th,  2010 Â
- 2. Categories  •  Staff  lis%ng  and  detail  pages Â
- 3. Categories Â
- 4. Categories  •  The  values  are  the  same  in  every  structure  •  Any  update  id  done  just  once  •  Queries  are  simple:  #pullContent ("+structureName:Staff1  ……  +categories:implementa%onTeams  ….) Â
- 5. Categories  •  Job  descrip%on  detail  page Â
- 6. Categories Â
- 7. Categories  •  Not  possible  to  store  more  informa%on  than  a  %tle  and  a  key  •  Complicated  to  understand  the  rela%onship  among  your  structures Â
- 9. Rela%onships  •  More  natural  representa%on  for  the  associa%on  between  two  contentlets  •  Queries  are  simple:  #pullRelatedContent(‘Staff  –Division’  ……  •  Need  to  be  entered  manually Â
- 10. dotCMS  1.9:  Custom  Fields Â