Create a New Category Set and Apply It to an Attribute

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The easiest way to create a category set that applies to an attribute is to Create a Category Set from Existing Values. But often you want to create the category set first and then apply it to one or more attributes.

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1.	Show the collection inspector by double-clicking the collection or by selecting the collection or a case table and choosing Object \| Inspect Collection.

2.	Click Categories to go to that panel.

3.	Click <new> and name the category set. (Press Enter or Return to create more than one.)

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4.	Click in the Categories cell for a set, and type the categories, in the order you want them to appear in graphs and such, separated by commas.

This creates the sets; now they need to be applied to attributes.

5.	Go to the inspector’s Cases panel.

6.	Click Show Details. (If the button says Hide Details, then details are already showing; the button toggles between the two states.)

7.	Select one or more attributes (Shift+click), and choose a set name from the Set pop-up menu.

Here, the set indicating level of interest is applied to four attributes.

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