# syspolicy_policy_categories
- Catalog: `msdb`
- Schema: `dbo`
The data in this table is partitioned per value of the column.
Can retrieve data and change data using insert, update and delete.
## View Columns
The columns of the view `syspolicy_policy_categories` are shown below. Each column has an SQL data type.
| Name | Data Type | Label | Required | Documentation |
|---|:---:|---|:---:|---|
| `mandate_database_subscriptions` | `boolean` | | ☐ | |
| `name` | `string` | | ☐ | |
| `policy_category_id` | `int32` | | ☐ | |