A product is the item you protect. It is the one thing a team has to create. A category and an entity are optional. You can run TAGBASE with products alone.
Products
A product owns the tags that go on the physical items, and the content a customer sees after a scan. Open it from Products in the sidebar.
Categories
A category groups products. A product belongs to one category at most, and assigning one is optional.
A category can have no fields. Assigning a product to it only records the membership.
A category can also carry custom fields, such as a batch number, and it can link to several entities you already keep, such as a partner and a clinic. You fill those in when you create the product or assign the category. The values are stored on the product’s tags.
Entities
An entity is a kind of record your team keeps, such as a partner or a supplier. Each entity has its own records. A category may link to entities that already exist. The entity and its records stay as they are.
How they fit
| You have to create it | What it holds | |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Yes | The tags, and what a customer sees |
| Category | No | Optional membership, custom fields, and links to entities |
| Entity | No | Records the team keeps, such as partners |
A product with no category stores no category fields. A category with no fields stores membership only. You fill entity links when you assign the category, and each tag keeps the link.