Custom fields will have different configurations based on the type of data stored. This article will focus on one of the four types of custom fields:

• Fields that store free-text values

• Fields that store a single value from a prompt list

• Fields that store multiple values from a prompt list

• Fields that store a yes/no value

Before configuring custom fields, consider the data being captured and how you will use it throughout Slate.

Create Multiple Values Prompt List Fields

To create a field that stores multiple values:

1. Click the Database icon in the main navigation and select Fields.

• Status

• Scope Category

• Scope 

• ID

• Name

• Field Type

• Prompt

• Ordered - Leave the ordered setting as Unordered values. This field value should typically be set to Unordered values. Ordered values are used for fields grouped together using a replicate block. 

Click here for a complete listing of all setting descriptions.

Replace vs. Append

You can collect information for a field that stores multiple values. Data can come into this field from various sources (e.g., an inquiry form, an event registration form, or uploaded data). Carefully consider how a field should save data when new information is submitted. For example, an academic interests field can have the following values stored for a record:

If the field is configured to 'Replace existing values upon form submission or dataset import', new data that comes into this field from a form submission or a dataset upload will delete any existing values and save only the most recently submitted or uploaded values:

If the field is configured to 'Append to existing values upon form submission or dataset import', new data that comes into this field from a form submission or a dataset upload will preserve any existing values and add new values upon form submission or source import: