Why to Love ArkInventory - Categorizing

ArkInventory has revolutionized how I handle my bags and bank.  I tend to be very organized with my items in game and before having a bag manager addon (ArkInventory), I had specific places for specific things and would have to move new items shortly after looting, etc. so they wouldn't get "lost".  Also so when I went to vendor items, nothing important got lost.  'Twas all very manual and at times tedious.  Then comes ArkInventory.

Side note: I actually only started using ArkInventory when I installed an "addon pack" as they're now known called RealUI, which thankfully had alot of groups already setup so that I could see the value in using it...and very soon, customize it. Thank you Nibelheim and RealUI! (click here to check it out)

So by default, when you install ArkInventory, it doesn't have any categorization or groupings (they're called "Bars" but that isn't very descriptive). What you would see is something like this:

...not very helpful.

If you click on the cog (or Engineering) icon in the top right, you'll get something like this:

To create a categorization, while in Edit mode, right-click one of the Bars, then select the category that you want to apply. Below I've chosen Trade Goods > Metal & Stone.

Now, you might be wondering how to tell what category and item belongs to.  Easy.  Right-click on the item in question and then choose Debug Info.

As you can see, this is the full item Debug Info for a Silver Bar.

So, by using some creativivity, you can get all sorts of crazy with your inventory organization so eventually your bank could look like this (or better)(yes its in edit mode to show you the groupings):

I hope this help people to better understand bag management and ArkInventory.  Again, thanks to Nibelheim from RealUI and the makers of ArkInventory

Later,
Chondrius

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EDIT: If you'd like to just use a configuration that is already setup with some pretty good/common rules, you're welcome to use my file located HERE.  Again, I've only modified the config file provided by RealUI, but I've added some additional sorting and categories.  Be sure to select the RealUI profile in the ArkInventory config. Enjoy.