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An attachment category controls the security of attachments in your application. It restricts user operations on an attachment, based on privileges
Unlike attachment types that define the format of an attachment, attachment categories represent business classifications, such as Expense reports or Human Resource documents. Users select an attachment category each time that they add an attachment to work in your application.
Attachment categories are instances of the Rule-Obj-AttachmentCategory class. You can create them in Case Designer and anywhere the + Create menu is supported.
You can apply an attachment category to different attachment types in your application. Additionally, you can restrict the following user operations:
Adding a new attachment.
Editing an existing attachment.
Viewing an attachment.
Deleting an attachment.
Deleting an attachment that was created by the user.
Restricted user operations are further refined by the privileges and when conditions that you provide.
Attachment categories also support attachment-level security. This allows users to identify a list of work groups that can access an individual attachment.
By default, standard attachment categories
Controls, such as the delete icon, are disabled if a user operation is restricted.
A warning is displayed if the user does not hold a required privilege or a specified when condition returns a false value.
An alert is displayed if the user is not part of a required work group and attachment-level security is enabled.
You can modify the access control settings in an attachment category at any time. Your new settings take effect immediately and are applied to all unresolved work in your application.