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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

Legacy: Searching custom fields with text boxes

MetaLocator allows customization of the search form to include input fields that search your custom fields… Custom fields can be presented as drop-down boxes or as free-form text entry fields… To add custom fields as drop-down lists comprised of the unique values within that custom field, view

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

Legacy: Searching custom fields using drop-down lists

to reveal a list of available MetaLocator field names followed by any custom fields… To add a custom field as a search option on an Interface as a drop-down list that contains the field's… Expand the Search Form Settings collection and find the Search Form Settings Click [MetaLocator Fields

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