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    Creates a new product category for organizing products in… Reference for the
    POST /administration/product-categories endpoint in the Leadtime Public API
    API.
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title: Create product category
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Creates a new product category for organizing products in the catalog.

**What are Product Categories?**
Product categories organize your product catalog into logical groups (e.g., Hardware, Software, Services, Subscriptions). They help structure products and make it easier to assign products in quotes, invoices, and projects.

**How to create a product category:**
1. Provide a name (e.g., "Hardware", "Software", "Consulting")
2. Choose an icon in format :icon_name: (e.g., :computer:, :package:, :office_worker:)
3. Optionally add a description
4. Provide translations for multilingual support (name and description in different languages)

**Icon format:**
- Use emoji-style format: :icon_name:
- Examples: :computer:, :desktop_computer:, :money_with_wings:, :office_worker:
- Default icon is :rocket: if not specified

**Multilingual support:**
- Provide translations array with language codes (e.g., "en", "de")
- Each translation can have a translated name and description
- Translations appear automatically in multilingual user interfaces and documents

**Note:** This endpoint requires the manageSettings permission. Once created, the category can be used when creating or editing products in the catalog.

<Operation source="api-reference" id="productcategoriescontroller-createproductcategory" />