# Create an inventory category

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Requires version 10.1 or higher.
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## Overview

An Inventory Category allows you to choose specific sensors in order to display related data in the device report.

## Create an Inventory Category

1. On the left-hand navigation, click **Inventory Categories**.
2. In the details pane, click **+ New**.
3. Enter a Name of **Storage Overview**.
4. Accept the auto-generated URL Extension or create your own.

   You can customize the URL for this category for each device inventory dashboard. For example, **cm:9678/inventory/device/{deviceId}/{category-url-extension}**.
5. Choose a display icon, such as faBox.

   This will display in the category menu of the device inventory dashboard.
6. Under Sensors, next to Category Sensors, click **Browse**.

   Make sure that you have an Inventory Strategy in place to collect any data you specify in the Inventory Category.
7. Search for **"disk"** and add the following Sensors:

   **DiskDrives** **DiskPartitions** **Volume**
8. Click **Save**.

   ![Storage Category](https://4059240068-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FUJDmdO4RKTyVqc8A0mNb%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-38f9e473e8eba9a82e0913f7b5d454fce8a8d7f3%2Fstorage-category.png?alt=media)

You can view the data within an Inventory Category by viewing a device dashboard from the [Home](https://docs.adaptiva.com/device-inventory/how-to/inventory-home) page.