Adding Custom Device Fields Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes Custom device fields extend the information you can store for a device beyond the system's built-in fields. First create a custom device field group, as a category, then add custom fields to that group. Accessing Custom Device Fields Go to Settings > Devices > Custom Device Fields. The page lists each custom device field group and its fields, along with each field's API Variable Name, Type, Options, Default Value, Client Access, and Required Field status. Adding a Custom Field Group A custom field group is a category that holds related custom fields. On the Custom Device Fields page, click Add New Custom Device Field Group. In the Name field, enter the group's name. To set an API variable name other than the one generated automatically, click edit next to API Variable Name and enter one. Click Save or Save & New. Adding a Custom Field Once a group exists, add custom fields to it. Next to the group, click add custom field. On the Details tab, enter a Label for the field. Select a Type: Text input, Text input (masked), Select box, Multiple select box, Text area, Check Box, or Date. Note: The rest of the Details tab changes based on the selected Type. Text input and Text input (masked): set a Field Size, an optional Default Value, and an optional Regular Expression Match with Regular Expression Help Text. Select box and Multiple select box: enter the available choices, one per line, and an optional Default Value. Text area: set the number of Rows and Columns, and an optional Default Value. Check Box: choose whether the field is checked by default. Date: set an optional default date. To change the API Variable Name, click edit and enter a new value. Select the Group the field belongs to. Select a Client Access level — None, View, or Edit — to set what the client can see or change from the Client Portal. Note: Almost no device types grant Edit access to clients, even when a field allows it. Check Required? if users must fill in the field. Check Unique? if the field's value must be unique across all devices. Set Show In Lists to a position (1 through 5) to show the field as a column in the Device Manager and Client Manager device lists, or leave it as No. Setting Where a Field Applies The Applicable tab controls which device type groups and device types use the field. Click the Applicable tab. For each device type group, select Yes, Required, or No. For each device type under a group, select Inherit to use the group's setting, or select Yes, Required, or No to override it. Click Save or Save & New.