Custom Form Fields

In addition to the system's pre-set fields, you can include a variety of custom-made fields designed to fit the individual needs of your company and the form in question.

Creating New Fields:

In order to create a new field, simply click on the "Add Custom Field" icon located in the upper-right hand corner of the "Form Fields" table.

In the window that appears, simply enter an appropriate name for the field (as you would like it to appear in the form) and select the type of field you would like to create from the drop-down menu listing all of the data types that have been added to the system.

In addition to specifying the field's name and type, you can determine if you would like the field to be required and whether or not it should be displayed in the listing of all submitted forms by checking the appropriate boxes.

Should you wish, you can also determine the field's visual settings by entering a desired width and height for the field, which will override any default visual settings specified in the form's overall template.

Once you have finished outlining the field's details, just click "Save" at the bottom of the screen, and the field will be added to the "Form Fields" table.

Special Cases With Data Types:

Pictured above is an example of using the "Short Text" data type to create a custom field (titled "Department Name") in which users can enter the name of the desired department, so long as the text does not exceed 250 characters (or whatever length was specified in the creation of the "Short Text" data type).

Unlike the "Short Text" data type, however, some data types will need to be created each time you would like to use them in a form.

List:

One such data type would be the " List," as when adding these data types to the system, you must specify the particular items that you would like to be included in the list.

Thus, every time you would like to include some list of options in a form, you will need to first access the " Data Types" section of the module, and create a list that includes all of the specific options that you would like to be displayed. You will then be able to select this cutomized data type from the "Type" drop-down menu when adding custom fields to your form.

Resource:

Another special case is the " Resource" data type.

When creating "Resource" data types in the module's "Data Types" section, you can choose from a list of pre-set fields such as "Timezone," "Hair Color," and "Gender."

Thus, when adding custom fields to your forms, you will not see "Resource" as an option within the "Type" drop-down menu. Rather, you will see the specific resource data types, such as "Timezone" and "Gender," that you have actually added to the system .