An attachment category is assigned to an attachment as it is added to a work object, usually through anyone of several attachment-related local flow actions. The category name typically indicates the content or significance of the attachment such as:
Using attachment category rules, developers can restrict a user's ability to perform operations such as add, delete, view, and edit attachments based on privileges, when conditions, or attachment types.
Attachment categories and types differ as follows:
The Attachment Category wizard, which appears in the V5.1-V5.4 Developer portal Cases and Content slice, is not available in V5.5. Create categories using category attachment rules. See More about Attachment Category rules for upgrade instructions.
Beginning with V5.5, you cannot associate attachment categories with custom types (a new subclass of the Data-WorkAttach- class). Categories used with custom types created in versions prior to V5.5 continue to function as originally configured. These categories cannot be upgraded to category attachment rules. PROJ-378 CASAD
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