Creating Category Models (Designer)

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Customer Experience
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Qualtrics
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About Creating a Category Model

Categorize customer feedback into an organized hierarchy by using category models. Category models are created from a hierarchy of topics that are used to assign categories to feedback. Category models can be created by manually building a category tree from scratch, or by using templates, past category models, theme detection, and the Categorization Library.

After you’ve created a category model, you must run a classification in your project to apply the model to your data.

Attention: After creating a category model, it’s time to build the hierarchy by adding categories and parent nodes. For more information on building category models, see Editing Category Models.

Creating from Scratch

 Go to the Categorize tab.
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Click New Model.
Select Blank Model.
select Blank model from the classification wizard
select Blank model from the classification wizard
Click Next.
Name the classification. This must be unique for each project.
Add properties of model
Add properties of model
If you want, provide a description of this category model. This is an optional step.
Add category model properties, if you want.
Click Finish.
Build your category model. For more information, see Editing Category Models.

Creating from Industry Standard Model

Designer provides a set of categorization templates that are designed by industry standard models. These templates include a prebuilt category tree and are available for different industries and languages. For more information, see Categorization Templates.

Navigate to the Categorize tab.
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Click New Model.
Select Create new from Industry Standard Model.
Create new from industry model
Create new from industry model
Click Next.
Select the template that is most appropriate for your new model. You can filter the list by language and industry.
Industry standard model options
Industry standard model options
Click Next.
Name the classification. This name must be unique to the project.
Give the model properties then click finish
Give the model properties then click finish
If you want to run the classification as soon as the model is created, click I want to run classification. If you plan to modify the model first, leave this option unchecked.
Add category model properties, if you want.
Click Finish.
Edit your category model. For more information, see Editing Category Models.

CATEGORIZATION LIBRARY TEMPLATE

The Categorization Library is a template in the Industry Standard Models with more than 400 categories and concepts. It can be used as a reference for pre-built rules that can be copied into your categorization process.

Categorization library template
Categorization library template

Creating from Another Model

Navigate to the Categorize tab.
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Click New Model.
Select Copy a model from an existing project.
Copy from existing project
Copy from existing project
Click Next.
Select the model you want to copy.
Select the model
Select the model
Click Next.
Name the classification. This must be unique to the project.
Add model classifications then click finish
Add model classifications then click finish
If you want to run the classification as soon as the model is created, click I want to run classification. If you plan to modify the model first, leave this option unchecked. Fo
Add category model properties, if you want.
Click Finish.
Edit your category model. For more information, see Editing Category Models.

Creating from Imported Models

You can import category models to reuse beneficial models from other projects. For information on how to export category models, see the Category Models Basic Overview page.

Navigate to the Categorize tab.
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Create a new model in the categorize tab
Click New Model.
Select Import a model from CSV or XML file on your computer.
import a model from a csv
import a model from a csv
Click Next.
Name the model that you are importing.
Name model and choose a file
Name model and choose a file
Click Choose File and select your CSV or XML file.
Click Next.
Name the classification. This must be unique to the project.
Name the classification and click finsih
Name the classification and click finsih
If you want to run the classification as soon as the model is created, click I want to run classification. If you plan to modify the model first, leave this option unchecked.
Add category model properties, if you want.
Click Finish.
Edit your category model. For more information, see Editing Category Models.

CATEGORIZATION LIBRARY

The Categorization Library is an industry standard model with more than 400 categories and concepts that can be incorporated into your category models.

Categorization library
Categorization library

After you’ve made a classification model with the categorization library template, determine the top categories by running a topics report. You can use category referencing in your new category model to reference the nodes in the categorization library classification model.

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