# Import categories
With Fairmarkit, you can assign categories to your events. Categories and subcategories are made to match your business practices and can be used to organize and track your analytics in a way that makes sense to your organization.
### Category levels
With categories, you can create a category *(L1 Category)* and then up to three levels of subcategories *(L2 Category - L4 Category).* The first two level of categories will be visible in Fairmarkit, and the full category list are used to help improve your supplier recommendations.
**Example**:
| L1 Category > | L2 Category > | L3 Category > | L4 Category |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ----------- |
| Supplies > | Coffee > | Whole bean> | Dark roast |
### Category data
The following table outlines the column headers you will need to create when you import your categories into Fairmarkit. The \*required fields are marked.
Template: Make sure you have the latest version of the flat file template ([view](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1INb94RFKXMIBECHJ0DEpPo4EiY7iUvetkmloNSABD8o/edit#gid=0) | [download CSV file](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSsskPZC9mulbFftbuowuzDwLg43wu2SiFVbOWLulELeU0Pvr61n9e0LgwQ-jyt7KJEdnaRNtBt8wBq/pub?gid=0\&single=true\&output=csv)).
| Fairmarkit field | Header | Description | |
| ---------------- | -------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | L1 Category | category\_l1 | Category as defined in your purchasing application.
Data type: Text
Example: Supplies
|
| | L1 Category ID | category\_id\_l1 | Category ID
Data type: Text
Example: 1001
|
| | L2 Category | category\_l2 | Subcategory.
Data type: Text
Example: Coffee
|
| | L2 Category ID | category\_id\_l2 | Subcategory ID
Data type: Text
Example: 23
|
| | L3 Category | category\_l3 | Subcategory.
Data type: Text
Example: Whole bean
|
| | L3 Category ID | category\_id\_l3 | Subcategory ID
Data type: Text
Example: 01
|
| | L4 Category | category\_l4 | Subcategory.
Data type: Text
Example: Dark roast
|
| | L4 Category ID | category\_id\_l4 | Subcategory ID
Data type: Text
Example: 03
|
| | Visible in UI | visible\_in\_ui | Is the category visible in the Fairmarkit user interface?
Default: True
Data type: Text
Example: True
Accepted values: True/False
|
| | Category Type | category\_type | Category type.
Data type: Text
Example: Spend
Accepted values: Spend/Supplier
|
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