Custom Fields

If you require a field in OnePageCRM that does not exist by default, you can create one as a custom field. There are 3 types of custom fields:

How to add/edit/delete Custom Fields

Add a Custom Field

1
Go to your User/Profile icon (top right-hand corner) → Settings → Custom Fields tab → click + Add under either

  • Contact Fields
  • Organization Fields
  • Deal Fields
  • Settings Page l Custom Fields

    2
    Add a Field name and select Field type for your new Custom Field → Click Save when done.

    New Custom Field

    3
    Select a Custom Field and simply 'drag and drop' it to re-order the list of custom fields.

    Drag 'n' Drop Custom fields

    Notes:

    • The options for the Field Type Dropdown can be reordered by 'drag and drop' as well.

    Edit a Custom Field

    1
    Click on the pencil icon to the right of the Custom Field you wish to edit.

    Edit Custom Field

    2
    In the Edit Custom field box → update the required details → Click Save.

    Save Custom Field

    Delete a Custom Field

    1
    Click on the bin icon to the right of the custom field you wish to delete.

    Delete Custom Field

    2
    In the warning message, click Delete to confirm the deletion of the custom field.

    Delete Custom Field pop-up

    3
    You have the option to restore a deleted Custom Field within 24 hours.

    Click Undo delete

    Undo Delete

    Custom Field Types

    • Single line text
    • Multi-line text
    • Number
    • Dropdown
    • Date
    • Checkbox
    • Anniversary (Contact field only)
    • External ID
    • Section divider
    Field Type "External ID"

    Once the External ID field has been created and set up, you can easily navigate to another third-party app with one click.

    1
    While creating the Custom Field for an external ID → add a name and the third-party app URL template into the provided fields → click Save.

    New Custom Field l External ID

    2
    Once you created the field you can only store unique values in them.

    Contact profile l edit and add details to external ID field.

    Notes:

    • The value you store in the External ID field must be unique. The same value cannot be saved for 2 different contacts in the CRM for the same external ID Custom Field.
    • The value for the External ID field can be imported with your contacts, organizations, or deals.

    Example:

    1
    To find the third-party app URL template, open the third-party app website (e.g. LinkedIn) → open a page containing an ID in the URL (e.g. contact profile, online shop item page, email campaign page, etc.) → copy the URL.

    Social media l Contact Profile l URL link at the top highlighted.

    2
    While creating a new Custom Field for an external ID → add the copied URL link to the Third-party app URL template fieldreplace the ID from the URL template (highlighted in blue) with [ID] → add a Field name → click on Save.

    OnePageCRM l New Custom field l add URL to Third-party URL template field

    3
    To populate this external ID field, open the third-party app website → open the page containing the specific ID (e.g. contact profile, online shop item page, email campaign page, etc.) → copy the ID.

    Social media l Contact Profile l ID highlighted in URL link at the top.

    4
    In OnePageCRM open the contact, organization or deal → editadd the specific ID you copied → click Save.

    Contact profile l edit l add URL ID to external ID field.

    5
    Once the ID has been saved for this Custom field, you will be redirected to the page you copied it from when clicking on it.

    OnePageCRM l Contact profile l click on external ID URL

    Field Type "Section divider"

    Section dividers allow you to separate your Custom fields for a better overview.

    OnePageCRM l Contact profile l Section divider example

    Notes:

    • Once the divider has been created position it by moving it up or down via drag and drop on the Settings page under Custom Fields.
    • If the Custom Fields under the Section divider is empty the divider will not be displayed.
    • Under Deal preferences, you can select if Section dividers should be displayed in the Deal Preview.

    How to make Custom Fields Mandatory

    Make sure essential information is always populated into your OnePageCRM account by enabling custom fields as Mandatory.


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    1
    To make a Custom Field Mandatory either add a New Custom Field or edit an existing Custom Field
    2
    Click on the dropdown and choose between:

  • Not required - not mandatory
  • For web app only - only mandatory if a contact is saved via the Browser App
  • For web and mobile app - mandatory if a contact is saved via the Browser or Mobile App
  • Click Save.

    Mandatory Custom Field

    3
    In the contact view, your mandatory field will be displayed with an asterisk (*) to indicate this field as mandatory and the contact cannot be saved unless it is populated.

    Mandatory Custom Field l Edit contact

    Notes:
    • Only Administrators and the Account Owner can set custom fields as mandatory.
    • If you edit a contact and try to save it without populating the mandatory field, the custom field is highlighted with a red error box and you get the message: Please enter all the mandatory fields.
    • When creating a contact the contact's Last Name or Organization is mandatory by default.
    • You can populate data from Custom Fields also in Email Template Variables.
    • Custom Fields cannot be used in Custom Reports.
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