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# Types of catalog items

# Types of catalog items {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Service Catalog offers a few
types of catalog items.
The basic Service Catalog item types
include:

* Record producers: giving alternative ways of adding information such as Incidents via the service catalog.
* Order guides: to group multiple catalog items in one request.
* Content Items: catalog items which provide information instead of goods or services.
* Standard catalog items
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* **[Record Producer](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/McB52o7wcaVbD0LSoRG3Kg)**   
  A record producer is a specific type of catalog item that allows end users to create task-based records, such as incident records, from the service catalog.
* **[Order guides](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/B2hXR1Iu4DA~GBOOUf3snw)**   
  Order guide submits a single service catalog request that generates several items.
* **[Define a content item](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/3Iu5p_cjfzaSa8SYQegG5Q)**   
  A content item is a service catalog item that provides information instead of goods or services.
* **[Configure a default width for service catalog variables](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/PQHPoyEcnJjsoOyEIWlDxA)**   
  Configure the default width for variables on a catalog item page to specify what percentage of the screen size that it can span.
* **[Define a regular expression for a variable](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/rmQkVIqawE6M6m5nu5CKdg)**   
  Define a regular expression (regex) to validate a variable value.
* **[Pass variables between tasks](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/s0dSRnVtijQsFekOSJmwLA)**   
  Pass variables from one step of the fulfillment process to another.
* **[Create or edit a catalog item](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ghhc5zl8MigPhi0BhtGCdw#t_DefineACatalogItem)**   
  Define individual catalog items using Service Catalog. You can create, edit, and copy catalog items.
* **[Add a catalog item](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/GIHxzyDMTsIYFWjowBzTnA)**   
  Service catalog enables you to add a catalog item to multiple catalogs and categories.
* **[Service Catalog customization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/89u2BGo8HG7nh3Ut08kgJQ)**   
  Service Catalog enables you to customize the catalog in various ways.