Types of Additional Fields

Depending on the type of data you want to maintain in the additional field, you choose one of the field types shown in the following table.

Additional Field Data Types

Field Type	Description	Field Type-Specific Settings
Date	Display a drop-down calendar to collect a date.	None
Decimal	Collect numbers with decimals. You can specify a minimum and maximum value and the number of decimal places.	You can specify a minimum value, a maximum value and the number of decimal places that can be entered.
List	Display a drop down list of items you specify.	List Items - you must enter these separately. For more information, see “Add or Import Items for a List Additional Field” in Creating and Editing Additional Field Definitions.
InterAction User	Store InterAction users. When filling in the field, you can look up users by last name.	Select User Status allows you to specify whether inactive users can be chosen. Professional allows you to specify whether or not users that are not designated as professional can be selected for the additional field.
Number	Collect integers (no decimals). You can specify a minimum and maximum value	You can specify a minimum value and a maximum value.
Text	Collect any alphanumeric text. You can specify the maximum number of characters allowed (limit is 254). If no limit is specified, the field defaults to 254. You can also specify whether the dialog box that collects the data should use a single-line or multiple-line edit box. This is useful for text fields that need to collect larger amounts of text data.	You can specify a maximum length and whether multiple lines are allowed. Note: Multiple lines are not the same as multiple values when reporting and exporting contact data. Leaving maximum length blank sets no maximum length. (Note however, that all additional fields are limited to 254 characters.)
Yes/No	Use option buttons to collect a “true or false” value. By default the labels are Yes and No, but you can specify any labels for the options (for instance, “true/false,” “male/female,” “active/inactive,” etc.)	You can specify different text for Yes and No. For example, you can specify Male/Female, True/False or other text in the place of Yes and No.
Extension	Call an external application to collect and validate the user’s information. The extension must be installed on the workstation.	Use the Extension Name, Settings and Properties functions to specify and configure your extension. For more information on additional field extensions, see Configuring Additional Field Extensions.