{"section":"known-issues","requestedLocale":"en","requestedSlug":"visual-merchandising-rule-not-applied-to-the-selected-category","locale":"en","slug":"visual-merchandising-rule-not-applied-to-the-selected-category","path":"docs/en/known-issues/Intelligent Search/visual-merchandising-rule-not-applied-to-the-selected-category.md","branch":"main","content":"## Summary\n\n\nVisual merchandising rules applied to any category level that is not the department (1st level), as category and subcategories (2nd and 3rd leves), aren't working.\n\n\n#### Simulation\n\n\n\n- create a visual merchandising rule\n- apply a single filter limiting it to a given category\n- select some itens to be pinned or hidden\n- check the storefront for this category; the rule won't be applied\n\n\n#### Workaround\n\n\nDeclaring the full category path avoid the problem. It means, for a subcategory you need to declare its parent levels (category and department)."}