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What is the difference between Tags and CustomData on a CatalogItem?

Dear PlayFab community,

I still have some confusion about some of the CatalogItem specifics. Particularly Tags versus CustomData. For example, if I have a CatalogItem and want to track what “category” it might belong to. Would it be better to use CustomData and have a key of “Category”, or just put the category name in the Tags field? Programmatically, it seems like it’d be better/easier to use CustomData. But, I feel like that might be true for most cases, so I’m not sure where Tags might be useful/helpful. Any clarification would be very much appreciated.

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The fields are there as a result of requests from developers back when we first set the catalog system up, and can be used however you like. In a future update, we'll likely be adding filtering based on Tags and ItemClass, so that may also be a consideration.

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