Service Types

Service Types are the types of procedures you perform at your studio.

Category Types

REV23 has a set of core Category Types — the business scenarios REV23 is built for. This list cannot be changed, as category types control how the app behaves (for example, showing jewelry fields for piercing sessions and ink fields for tattoo sessions). They are:

• Tattoo — Traditional and custom tattoo work.
• Piercing — Body and ear piercings.
• Microblading — Brow-specific semi-permanent procedures.
• Permanent Makeup — Lip blushing, eyeliner, and other long-lasting cosmetic procedures.
• Removal — Laser tattoo removal and other removal procedures.
• Adornment — Tooth gems, nail art, and other non-permanent cosmetic services.

Microblading vs. Permanent Makeup

Both are separate category types because they are often treated differently by health departments and have distinct customer expectations. If you offer both microblading and other PMU services (lip blushing, eyeliner, etc.), use the Microblading category for brow-specific procedures and Permanent Makeup for everything else. If you only do microblading, you can ignore the Permanent Makeup category entirely — and vice versa.

Service Types are organized in a hierarchy by categories, and category types.

Category Type
└─ Categories
    └─ Service Types

Pre-loaded Service Types

If you loaded sample data during setup, REV23 includes a comprehensive set of service types for each category you selected.

You can add, rename, or remove service types at any time. The pre-loaded list is a starting point — customize it to match what your studio actually offers.

Categories

Categories are customizable folders for organizing your service types. For example, you might organize piercings by body region:

Piercing (Category Type)
├─ Ear (Category)
│   ├─ Lobe
│   ├─ Helix
│   └─ Tragus
├─ Facial (Category)
│   ├─ Septum
│   └─ Nostril
└─ Body (Category)
    ├─ Navel
    └─ Nipple

Field	Description
Name	The name of the category.
Category Type	Which category type this belongs to.

The Category Type determines how the app behaves for service types in that category. For example, piercing sessions show jewelry fields while tattoo sessions show ink fields. This happens automatically based on the category type — you do not need to configure it.

Types

Service Types are the actual procedures you perform. Assigning them to the correct category ensures the app shows the right supply fields and behavior.

Field	Description
Name	The name of the service type (e.g. Custom Tattoo, Lobe Piercing).
Category	The category this service type belongs to.

Users

You must assign your service providers to the service types they perform so the app knows who does what. See User Service Types for more information.

Security

The permissions for creating and editing service types are controlled by the Service Config permission set. See Permissions for details.