Filter criteria for landmark categories

The following table describes the different criteria by which you can search for landmark categories and lists the required Filter object properties per criterion. Table: Filter object properties for a category search describes the actual properties.

**Table:** Category search criteria
Criterion	Description	Properties to specify
Name	You can search for categories by name. The name search is not case sensitive and supports wild cards, for example "?" (single character) and "*" (zero or more characters).	`CategoryName` `[MaximumMatches]` `[PreviousMatchesOnly]`

The following table describes the Filter object properties for GetList calls that retrieve information about landmark categories.

**Table:** Filter object properties for a category search
Property	Description	Type	Value
`[DatabaseURI]`	Specifies the landmark database in which to search for landmark categories. If this is not specified, the search is performed on the default database.	string	Maximum length 255 characters
`[CategoryName]`	Specifies the category name to search by. This is checked against the `CategoryName` property of a landmark category. This string is not case sensitive and supports wild cards, for example "?" (single character) and "*" (zero or more characters).	string	Maximum length 124 characters
`[MaximumMatches]`	Specifies the maximum number of landmark category items to retrieve. If this property is not specified, `GetList` returns all categories matching the search criteria.	number
`[PreviousMatchesOnly]`	Specifies whether to perform the search on previous search results only: If set to `true`, `GetList` searches for matching landmark categories in previous search results only. If set to `false`, `GetList` performs a new search on the entire database. The default value is `false`.	boolean	Possible values: `true` `false`