Objective:

• Why are there Document Categories? 

Environment:

• Clio Web App

Additional Information:

Documents: Working with Document Categories

Answer:

There are a few reasons to use Document Categories:

• They create a glance-ability to Documents, allowing you to more easily spot certain kinds of Documents in a Folder
• They can be used to Filter, allowing for easier searchability of Documents
• When using Document Automation, if you assign a Document Category to a Template, the document is Generated inside a Folder with the name of the Document Category. 
• When using Clio's Scansnap Scanner integration, if a Document Category is assigned to the scanned document, it will upload to a Folder with the name of the Document Category.