iPassword 8 and categories

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Ben

Hi 1P_Ben

Thank you for the detailed explanation - exactly what I needed. It does makes sense that the long term strategy is moving towards “One item (type) fits all” (or filling all item types) provided the required fields do exists.

Considering the above, my personal organisational strategy would be to try and minimise / consolidate the number of related items to one, especially for once that also used for logins, in practical term - back to the Rewards example, I feel it is better to invest few more minutes and design my own reward template using the login category, and then simply duplicate when needed.

Thank you!

Hi @Zinzun

In short, yes, categories are templates. They define the fields that will be available by default on the item you're creating. The other way in which they matter is for filling. 1Password can fill items in the Logins, Passwords, Credit Cards, Identities, and SSH categories. If you'd like to be able to fill information you're inputting into 1Password it would need to be saved in one of those categories. A Login category item will not have fields for rewards information by default, but additional fields can be added if you'd like to track that information alongside your credentials. Alternatively you could create two items, one in Logins and one in rewards, and then link those two items together.

A couple resources that may be helpful:

• Customize your 1Password items
• Link related items in 1Password

I think ideally, in the future, we'd be able to fill any item type as long as the item has the required information on it. We're not quite there yet. I hope that helps!

Ben