Returns part category records from the Kanoa MES inventory hierarchy, optionally narrowed down using the filter fields supplied in `paramsDict`. 
Pass an empty dictionary to retrieve all part categories, or populate one or more of the recognized keys to filter the result set. 

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### Parameters
**paramsDict** `Dictionary`<br />
<table class='dictionaryKeyTable'>
	<tbody>
 	<tr><td> - categoryName</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - categoryPath</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - enabled</td><td>Boolean</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - parentPartCategoryId</td><td>Integer</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - parentPartCategoryName</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - partCategory</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - partCategoryId</td><td>Integer</td><td></td></tr>	
 	<tr><td> - partDescription</td><td>String</td><td></td></tr>	
	</tbody>
</table>

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### Returns
**data** `pyDataset`<br />

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### Example
```python
# Look up all enabled part categories whose name matches "Bearings"
paramsDict = {'partCategory': 'Bearings', 'enabled': True}

data = system.kanoa.inventory.getPartCategories(paramsDict)
data = system.kanoa.utilities.convertDatasetToJSON(data)

for i, row in enumerate(data):
	print 'Row %i'%i
	for k,v in row.items():
		print k,v
	
	break	#Just limiting to returning the columns from the first record for display purposes
>>> 
Row 0
lastUpdatedBy jason
parentCategoryName PCA
createdByUser jason
categoryPath PCA\A11
categoryLevel 1
parentPartCategoryId 1
categoryName A11
enabled True
partCategoryId 3
changedDate None
lastUpdated Sun May 17 15:17:12 UTC 2026
createdDate Sun May 17 15:25:33 UTC 2026
createdBy 5
changedBy None
sortOrder None
changedByUser None
>>> 
```