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description: Create a product catalog and its related categories to categorize financial products in Automotive Cloud. For example, a banking institution can create a catalog to group all financial products. Users can further classify the suite of products with categories such as home loans, vehicle loans, and personal loans.
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# Create Catalogs and Categories for Vehicle and Asset Lending

Create a product catalog and its related categories to categorize financial products in Automotive Cloud. For example, a banking institution can create a catalog to group all financial products. Users can further classify the suite of products with categories such as home loans, vehicle loans, and personal loans.

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d18629e63 ">To create product catalogs and categories:</td>

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1. From the App Launcher, select **Product Catalog Management**, and then click **Catalogs**.
2. From the catalog list view page, click **New**.
3. Enter a name and description for the product.
    
    For name, you can enter Financial Products.
4. To make the catalog valid for a specific duration, select a start date and end date.
5. For Catalog Type, select **Sales**.
6. Save your changes.
7. Go to the **Categories** tab of the Catalog record.
8. Click **Create Category**.
9. Enter a name and description.
    
    For name, you can enter Vehicle Financial Products.
10. Enter the sort order of the category in the hierarchy.
    
    The sort order determines the order in which the categories are shown to customers and agents during the application intake process.
11. Select **Show In Menu**.
12. Fill other details as necessary.
13. Save your changes.