They are accessible under It’s Function ? Lookup & Reference menu in Set Column Values dialog
category(vd)$ – e.g. category(A) or category(A)$
catindex(vd) – e.g. catindex(A)
catrows(vd)$ – e.g. catrows(A) or catrows(A)$
cattext(vd, vd)$ – reverse of catindex(), e.g. cattext(E, A) or cattext(E, A)$