I am using this code to create a multi-select category option in a form. It saves the data in the table correctly but when I try to edit it, it shows the selected category name in the field but doesn't show a checkbox(checked) in the drop down list. Instead It shows the Default Category box checked.
<field name="category_id">
<argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
<item name="options" xsi:type="object">Magento\Catalog\Ui\Component\Product\Form\Categories\Options</item>
<item name="config" xsi:type="array">
<item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Category</item>
<item name="componentType" xsi:type="string">field</item>
<item name="formElement" xsi:type="string">select</item>
<item name="component" xsi:type="string">Magento_Catalog/js/components/new-category</item>
<item name="elementTmpl" xsi:type="string">ui/grid/filters/elements/ui-select</item>
<item name="dataScope" xsi:type="string">category_id</item>
<item name="filterOptions" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
<item name="showCheckbox" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
<item name="disableLabel" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
<item name="multiple" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
<item name="levelsVisibility" xsi:type="number">1</item>
<item name="sortOrder" xsi:type="number">30</item>
<item name="required" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
<item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
<item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">false</item>
</item>
<item name="listens" xsi:type="array">
<item name="${ $.namespace }.${ $.namespace }:responseData" xsi:type="string">setParsed</item>
</item>
</item>
</argument>
</field>