Steps
- An administrator must create the User Defined field. Click on the Profile icon in the upper right corner while signed on as an administrator.
- Select Settings in the drop-down menu.
- Click on General and select User Defined Fields
- Select which area the user defined field pertains to.
- Click on the + Add button to add a new user defined field.
Select the type of field
Text – a free form text area
Number – allows only numerical values
Date – Provides a calendar picker for the user to select a date
Checkbox – provides a checkbox that can be checked
List – provides a drop-down list of specific choices for the user
Group – not currently used
Specify the field name and the field size. In the following examples, the Peanut Allergy field is shown at various widths:
1/4 width:
1/2 width:
Full width:
For list Fields, you will need to click on the list icon and indicate what the drop-down list choices should be.
List Fields Only:
Example:
How this appears in the data:
Note: The user can only select from the available options.
If you would like for this new field to be available in the filters you must designate this. For example, for our new Paperwork field above, we might need to be able to filter and find students who have “No Paperwork”.
Click on the icon to generate filter list on the menu bar.
The icon will turn green and will be an indicator to you that this item is on the filter menu. Click SAVE to save this setting.
In this example, we added the drop-down field “Paperwork” available on the menu. Since this field applies to the “Student” area, we will now see this filter in the “filters” menu in the Students tab in the User Defined Fields option as shown.
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