=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java	2013-04-22 17:22:52 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java	2013-04-22 17:49:11 +0000
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@
      * @return a collection of DataElementCategories.
      */
     Collection<DataElementCategory> getDataElementCategories( Collection<Integer> identifiers );
+    
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the DataElementCategories with the given uids.
+     * 
+     * @param uids the uids of the DataElementCategories to retrieve.
+     * @return a collection of DataElementCategories.
+     */
+    Collection<DataElementCategory> getDataElementCategoriesByUid( Collection<String> uids );
 
     /**
      * Retrieves the DataElementCategory with the given name.

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/DimensionType.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/DimensionType.java	2013-01-30 13:46:01 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/DimensionType.java	2013-04-22 17:49:11 +0000
@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@
     PERIOD,
     ORGANISATIONUNIT,
     DATAELEMENT_GROUPSET,
-    ORGANISATIONUNIT_GROUPSET
+    ORGANISATIONUNIT_GROUPSET,
+    CATEGORY
 }

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java	2013-04-04 18:06:19 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-analytics/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/analytics/data/DefaultAnalyticsService.java	2013-04-22 17:49:11 +0000
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.common.IdentifiableObject;
 import org.hisp.dhis.constant.ConstantService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElement;
+import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategory;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryOptionCombo;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementGroupSet;
@@ -627,6 +628,15 @@
             return Arrays.asList( new Dimension( dimension, DimensionType.DATAELEMENT_GROUPSET, null, degs.getDisplayName(), des ) );
         }
         
+        DataElementCategory dec = categoryService.getDataElementCategory( dimension );
+        
+        if ( dec != null && dec.isDataDimension() )
+        {
+            List<IdentifiableObject> decos = asList( categoryService.getDataElementCategoriesByUid( options ) );
+            
+            return Arrays.asList( new Dimension( dimension, DimensionType.CATEGORY, null, dec.getDisplayName(), decos ) );
+        }
+        
         throw new IllegalQueryException( "Dimension identifier does not reference any dimension: " + dimension );
     }
         
@@ -673,6 +683,10 @@
                 {
                     options = asList( dataElementService.getDataElementGroupSet( dimension.getDimension() ).getMembers() );
                 }
+                else if ( DimensionType.CATEGORY.equals( dimension.getType() ) )
+                {
+                    options = asList( categoryService.getDataElementCategory( dimension.getDimension() ).getCategoryOptions() );
+                }
             }
 
             // -----------------------------------------------------------------

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java	2013-04-22 17:22:52 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java	2013-04-22 17:49:11 +0000
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 /**
  * @author Abyot Asalefew
- * @version $Id$
  */
 @Transactional
 public class DefaultDataElementCategoryService
@@ -164,6 +163,11 @@
             }
         } );
     }
+    
+    public Collection<DataElementCategory> getDataElementCategoriesByUid( Collection<String> uids )
+    {
+        return dataElementCategoryStore.getByUid( uids );
+    }
 
     public DataElementCategory getDataElementCategoryByName( String name )
     {