Category Component 25.4
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# CategoryQuery

Allows you to query the Content component with a category to find documents that match the category training.

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9020/action=CategoryQuery&Category=32349987602210557106

This action matches the category with the ID `32349987602210557106` against all its databases and return results that match the category training.

## Required Parameters

The following action parameters are required.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
Category | The ID of the category to use to query.

## Optional Parameters

This action accepts the following optional parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
Databases | Restricts results to certain databases.
DocCountOnly | Return only the number of available results.
ExpandBoolean | Whether to expand Boolean category training in the category definition.
FieldText | A field restriction to apply to the category results.
MatchEncoding | Restricts results to documents with the specified encodings.
MatchLanguage | Restricts results to documents with the specified languages.
MatchLanguageType | Restricts results to documents with the specified language types.
NumResults | The number of results to return.
Params | Add `Query` action parameters to the category query.
Predict | Predicts the total number of results.
PrintFields | The fields to display in the results.
QueryText | Adds text to the category query, to return only results that match the category and text.
SecurityInfo | The security details for the user that sends the action.
Start | The number of the first result to return.
StoredStateDetail | Whether to return additional elements for result documents, as well as child server details, when the data index is a DAH.
StoreState | Whether to store results in a state token.
Threshold | The relevance threshold of results.
TotalResults | Whether to display the total number of hits found.
UserName | The name of the user that sends the action.
Values | Values for the specified Params.

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
FileName | The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh | Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.
Template | The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs | A list of variables to use for the specified template.

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Version 25.4 | Last updated October 2025

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Category Component 25.4

Topic Title: CategoryQuery