New custom field

Use this form to create a new custom field.

Options:

Custom field name - enter the name of the custom field under which the field will be displayed in the application to users. The custom field name must not match any other field of the entity (custom or system) or any other column of the reporting views.
Order - specify the order in which the field should appear in the forms. Fields are displayed in ascending order based on the Order value. If two fields have the same Order value, their relative order will be random.

Type - select the type of custom field from the menu.

Type	Meaning	Forms Display
bit	logical value yes/no	checkbox option
int	integer	text field
float	decimal number	text field
nvarchar	string	text field
datetime	date and time	date and time text fields with calendar selection

The following fields are only displayed for type nvarchar:

Multi-line text - turn on if you want forms to display a larger input field for entering multi-line text. If disabled, only single line input fields are displayed.

Note:
This option cannot be combined with a list of values.
Length - specify the maximum length of text in characters that can be written to the entry.
Maximum Length - turn on if you want to store long text in the field.

Description - enter a description of the field that will be displayed in forms to help users fill in the field.

Table - select the entity for which you want to create a custom field:

Value in the menu (name of the table in the database)	Entity
tHdTicketCust	Request
tPersonCust	Person
tAccoutCust	Organization
tHdSectionCust	Service
tSlaCust	SLA
LicHistCust	Licence
ProductCust	Products

Column- enter the name of the column in the database where the value of this custom field will be stored. The name must be unique and must not contain spaces or special characters. It is recommended to name columns in English and to follow the recommendations for naming identifiers in the database.
Use list of values - the custom field will appear as a text box with a drop-down menu on forms. After enabling this option, populate the list of values with Edit - List of values.
The list can only be used for nvarchar and int types. A value that is not listed in the list of values can also be written to a custom field of type nvarchar. The values of custom fields of type int are limited only to the values listed in the list of values, no other value can be written to them, and when modifying a value in the list of values, the value of the custom field is automatically changed.
Enable value list translation - enable this option if you want the values from the value list to be exported for translation into other languages and then displayed to users in their preferred language.

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