Group price book items into categories

WebZaras app1 min readUpdated October 18, 2026

Make categories under Manage categories on your price book, then choose one for each item. Deleting a category keeps its items, which show as Uncategorized.

Add a category

  1. Open Settings → Price book (Price Book in the Zaras app).
  2. Press Manage categories above the list, or tap it in the app.
  3. Press Add category, or tap it in the app.
  4. Type the category name.
  5. Press Add, or tap it in the app.
Manage categories open on the price book: Services with 2 items and Materials with 4, each with its pencil and trash-can buttons, and Add category ringed
Web — Press Add category under your categories.
Manage categories open on the Price Book, with Add category ringed
Zaras app — Tap Add category.

Put an item in a category

  1. Open the item from the list.
  2. Choose its Category.
  3. Press Save changes, or tap Save in the app.

What you see

A message names the new category, such as Category "Fixtures" created. It shows in Categories with its item count.

Rename, reorder or delete a category

On the web, open Manage categories. Press the pencil button to rename, or the trash-can button to delete. Drag a row's handle to reorder.

In the app, tap Rename or the trash-can button on the category's row. The arrows move it up or down.

Confirm a delete with Delete category. Category deleted confirms it, and its items become Uncategorized. There is no undo.

Who can do this

It needs Manage financial settings, held by owners and admins by default. Others ask an owner or admin under Settings → Team & roles → Roles.