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# CategoryActivate

Allows you to activate or deactivate a category.

Note: This is an administrative action that can be sent only from AdminClients (which are set in the `[Server]` section of the configuration file).

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9000/action=CategoryActivate&Category=32349987602210557106&Active=True

This action uses port `9000` to instruct HPE IDOL Server, which is located on a machine with the IP address `12.3.4.56`, to activate the category with the ID `32349987602210557106`.

## Parameters

Parameter | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
Active | Whether to activate or deactivate the category. |
Category | The ID of the category to activate or deactivate. | Yes
Recurse | Whether to activates or deactivate the children of the category. |
UserName | The name of the user that sends the action. |

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
EncryptResponse | Encrypt the output.
FileName | The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh | Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.
Template | The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs | A list of variables to use for the specified template.

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