# Categories

Before adding products to your catalog, it is required to establish the category structure. ScandiPWA supports the most popular category management actions:

| FIELD                                    | STATUS        | DESCRIPTION                                                                                               |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Enabling Category                        | **SUPPORTED** | Categories can be enabled with the respective changes on the front-end immediately after save.            |
| Disabling Category                       | **SUPPORTED** | Categories can be disabled with the respective changes on the front-end immediately after save.           |
| Root Category Assigning to a Store       | **SUPPORTED** | The products in the main menu are determined by the root category that is assigned to the store.          |
| Category Creation                        | **SUPPORTED** | Categories can be created with the respective changes on the front-end immediately after save.            |
| Category Editing on the Store View Level | **SUPPORTED** | ScandiPWA supports multistore configurations. You are welcome to edit categories on the store view level. |

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**NOTE**

In ScandiPWA, the menu creation is performed separately from category management in the back-end. To learn more in the Menu Manager section.
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