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# How to Set a Pathway's Category, Level and Skills

# How to Set a Pathway's Category, Level and Skills

**In this article:**
* Overview
* Set the Category
* Set the Level
* Set the Skills learnt
* Things to keep in mind
* FAQs
* Who can do this

## Overview
Categories, levels and skills describe what a Pathway is about, so learners can find the right learning and you can report on it. Setting them takes a moment in the **Pathway settings** panel, and each choice saves as you go.

## Set the Category
1. Go to **Pathways** and open the Pathway.
2. In the pathway header, click the **Settings** (cog) icon to open the **Pathway settings** panel.
3. At the top, use the **Category** selector to choose a category (and, where available, a sub-category and topic).
4. Your choice saves automatically.

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## Set the Level
1. In the same panel, open the **Level** dropdown.
2. Pick an experience level (this field is optional — leave it blank if it doesn't apply).
3. It saves automatically.

## Set the Skills learnt
1. Find the **Skills Learnt** field.
2. Start typing to search for and add the skills a learner gains from the Pathway.
3. Each skill you add saves automatically; remove one to take it off the Pathway.

> **Good to know:** Category, Level and Skills are all optional. They help with discovery, filtering and reporting, but a Pathway will work without them.

## Things to keep in mind
* Every change in the settings panel saves automatically — there's no separate Save button.
* Category, Level and Skills are metadata for discovery and reporting; they don't change the Pathway's content or steps.
* Categories and skills are shared across your organisation, so the options you see are the ones set up for your account.

## FAQs
**Are these fields required?**
No. Category, Level and Skills are all optional — set the ones that are useful to you.

**Where are these used?**
They power search, filtering and reporting, and help learners find relevant Pathways in the Library.

**Do my changes save automatically?**
Yes. Selections in the Pathway settings panel save as you make them.

## Who can do this
**Owners**, **Admins**, **Managers**, **Content Managers** and **Instructors** can set a Pathway's category, level and skills. **People Managers**, **Employees** and **Restricted** users have read-only access to Pathways and cannot change these settings.