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Custom fields versus categories
This article covers the applications best suited to custom fields v.s. categories… Custom fields and categories can both be used to create search filters, they can both be used to create… Sometimes a given problem could be solved equally well with categories v.s. custom fields
Results ordering and sorting levels
Sort results by any field including name or custom fields… To add a level of sorting, click Filter & Sort, then scroll down to Field Sorting as shown below… Choose a field and a direction. Add additional sorting levels as needed
Reserved column names
MetaLocator has some special column names that can not be created as custom fields… When creating custom fields, some field names are already in use by MetaLocator, in that they have special… removing the underscore, for example, user_id implies that user_id and userid should not be used in your custom
Managing Fields
Create custom fields in MetaLocator and manage field settings. Fields determine how data is imported and stored… Some of these fields are System Fields, provided by MetaLocator, like address, city, state and so forth… Territory Fields: These fields store territory specifications for your location records
Customizing Lead Forms in the Interface Builder
The Interface Builder makes it easy to extend your lead forms with location data and custom fields… Choose Custom 1, followed by Custom 2 and so forth as additional custom fields are required… Custom Fields
Customizing the Search Form
Add and remove fields to the search, control labels and required fields… Search Logic for Custom Fields… Custom, user created fields can be used to create search form options
Updates to custom field templates
These Custom Field Templates are made available to and shared with other Interfaces in your account… When Interface settings are imported and exported, the HTML customizations in these Custom Field Templates… These factors combined have led us to re-think how Custom Field Templates are managed
Importing custom field text Information with multiple lines
Defining the Field/Column in MetaLocator Within MetaLocator you must first make sure the field is… This article is for customers having data best displayed as a multiple lines… The field must be (re)defined as HTML
Limiting fields displayed in the edit form
Sometimes users manage multiple data types and you can show only relevant fields when editing those data types… MetaLocator allows users to create custom fields and even custom data types… To prevent the display of certain fields, you can associate them with a "type" so they are only displayed
How can I delete my data and start over?
fields as follow: Click Fields Check the box at the top of the list of Fields Click… If you would like to reset your account to "factory settings", you can delete your data, custom fields… Check to box at the top of the list of Interfaces Click Delete in the toolbar Delete your custom