---
title: "Feature: Program facts can show the most specific category"
manual: "Academic Programs"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-programs:feature-1790681426@main"
source: "Changelog/3.0/Feature-MostSpecificCategoryFacts.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-17T08:47:58+00:00"
---

# Feature: Program facts can show the most specific category {#feature-1790681426}

## Description {#description}

Editors often assign a parent degree such as "Bachelor" together with its
subcategory "Bachelor of Science", so that a filter on the parent finds the
program. The facts of the program then show both.

The new setting `plugin.tx_academicprograms.facts.mostSpecificOnly`
leaves a category out of the facts when the program carries a descendant of it
of the same category type as well. With it switched on, the program above shows
"Bachelor of Science" only:

**config/sites/my-site/settings.yaml**

```yaml
plugin:
  tx_academicprograms:
    facts:
      mostSpecificOnly: true
```

It is a site setting of the aggregate set `fgtclb/academic-programs` and a
constant of the same name for a site on the static templates. It applies to
the program page, the **Course Data** content element and each card
of the **Course List**.

Only the categories assigned to the program are compared. A level that is not
assigned breaks the line: with "Bachelor" and a subcategory two levels below it
assigned, but not the level between them, both are shown.

The view helper `<ace:program.facts>` takes the setting as its new
argument `mostSpecificOnly`, so a card template of your own passes it
on:

```html
<f:variable name="cardFacts"
            value="{ace:program.facts(program: program, fields: settings.card.fields, mostSpecificOnly: settings.facts.mostSpecificOnly)}" />
```

See [Only the most specific category](https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-programs:program-facts-most-specific-category@main).

## Impact {#impact}

The setting is off by default, so the facts stay as they are until it is
switched on. Filters are not affected: the list and the finder still find a
program by every category it carries and offer the same options.

An override of `Program/Item.html` that calls the view helper without
the new argument keeps showing every category on the card.