A New Category can be defined for Word rules and Prefix-Suffix rules only.

This may be useful in the some situations such as:

To classify override rules added locally (i.e. via the Population Override Manager), separately from the Standard Population rules.
If the user has identified a true new category of rules to add.
If, after discussions with an Informatica Corporation technician, it has been decided that special weighting of certain new categories of words in Matching is required (also requires a Custom Population).

When adding a new category, the user will be prompted to enter a Category Name, Comment and Rule Type. The Rule Type is used in the Edit-List to determine what action to take when that particular category of word is found in the data.

See the following section on Rule Types for a more detailed description of the various rule types that can be added forWord and Prefix-Suffix rules.