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# Create and update a tag category

# Create and update a tag category {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read  
Create a tag category to enable multiple tag names for representing costs against a single business entity. For example, multiple users might independently have created the tag names "App", "AppService", and "appl" to indicate
applications. With a tag category of "Application", any costs for items tagged App, AppService, or appl are correctly assigned as costs against an application.
Watch this short video to learn how to create and update a tag category.

## Before you begin

Role required: insights_admin \[sn_clin_core.insights_admin\]

## About this task

This procedure describes the process as performed from the user interface. Alternatively, to speed the process, you can edit the affected tables directly.

* Tag Category \[sn_cld_intg_core_tag_category\]
* Tag Name-Category \[sn_cld_intg_core_tag_name_category\]
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Note:  
Each successful execution of a Billing Download job updates tagged costs. Recent updates that you make to tag category definitions might not reflect ton the cost reports. To apply the latest tag category definitions to cost data without running a Billing Download job, select Reapply categories by navigating to Cloud Cost Management WorkspaceOperationsCost usage tagsTag categories.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Cloud Cost Management WorkspaceOperationsCost usage tagsTag categories.
2. On the Tag Categories list, select New.  
   For the list of default tag categories, see [List of default tag categories](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/BNljTOGNtyf2XPkfrN0vrg "View the list of default tag categories on the Tag categories page. A tag category helps you to enable multiple tag names for representing costs against a single business entity.").  
   Note:  
   In this step, you add a single tag name to the category to create the initial category record. You can add any number of tag names to the category later.
3. On the form, fill in the fields.  
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   | Field | Description |
   |-|-|
   | Name | A unique and meaningful name for the category. |
   | Active | The option to add the category to the Tag Category filter list on spend reports. |
   | Enable grouping | Option to add a category:value option for this category to the list of Group by choices on spend reports. Note: A category must be active to appear in the Group by list. |
   | Tag names | The list of tag names that you can add to the category. 1. Select the Lookup icon ![]() to open the list of tag names that came with the latest Billing Download Job. All tag names appear on the Tag Names list. 2. Select tag names from the drop-down list. {#tag-category-crud-cloudin__ol_asr_1tb_z4b} |
   [Table 1. Tag Category form]

   {#tag-category-crud-cloudin__table_rlq_pzf_h4b}
4. Select Save to create the category.  
   The new category appears in the Tag Categories list.
5. In the Tag Categories list, select the category that you just added.  
   The Tag Category form reopens and the tag name that you added appears in the Tag names list.
6. **Optional:** On the Tag names list, select the Lookup icon ![]() to add multiple tag names.
* **[Select a tag category source](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/5cWJJWLBM6D9fMyjnYB4kg)**   
  Select a tag category source to control how the Cloud Cost Management application maps cloud resource tags to business entities for cost attribution and reporting.
* **[Add or update a tag value for an AI Service tag category](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/K_LBtfit7_OcOsMV0HWUkg)**   
  Associate a tag name with its corresponding tag value whenever a new AI service or a category within an existing AI service is introduced for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

**Related reference**   

* [Cost usage tags](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KbMIDiTzgXn5fg7UHaYvZg "Cost usage tags in the Cloud Cost Management application are the tag key-value pairs that cloud providers attach to billing line items when resources are deployed.")

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