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    Custom Objects and Categories

    Categories can be assigned to custom objects in two ways: when the custom object is created and when the user performs a change category event on the custom object.

    By assigning custom object instances to a category, properties and lifecycle definitions associated with the category are automatically applied to the instance.

    See Work with User-Defined Properties for more information.

    Parent page: Custom Objects

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