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# Add a New Compliance Category

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## How to Add a New Compliance Category to CS:Govern

A default CS:Govern deployment includes the Compliance Categories which Salesforce defines in its metadata. These include:

* CCPA, COPPA, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI, PII, and Public (CS:Govern added Public).

CS:Govern stores all defined Compliance Categories in the database table *GovernAccessCategory* and adding a new Compliance category is as simple as adding a new record to this table.

To add a new Compliance Category:

* Open the *Tools => Edit Compliance Categories* dialog from the menubar.

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Remember to click on *Save Changes* to save edits to the database.

* Click the *Add New Category* button to add a new compliance category to the table. You must give the category a name in order to save it.
* Click the *Undo Changes* button to restore the dialog to match the current state of the database.
* Click the *Save Changes button* to write all changes to the database.
* Click the *Cancel* button to throw away all changes and closed the dialog.

The *Type* column will have one of these values:

* Built-In — the category is built-in to CS:Govern and the only permissible option is to make the category active or inactive.
* Custom — the category was created by a customer. Its name, description, and active option can be edited.
* New — the category was added using the *Add New Category* button but not yet saved to the database.

For security and protection purposes, custom categories are treated the same as CS:Govern built-in categories.