Adding Custom Location Fields Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes Custom location fields let you keep more information about your locations than the standard fields. You can add custom fields for each type of location: facilities, zones, cages, rows, and racks. Custom fields are in groups. A group is a category of related fields. Each type of location has an Ungrouped group. You can add fields to Ungrouped, or you can add your own groups. Open the Custom Location Fields page Click Settings. In the Devices section, click Custom Location Fields. The page has a tab for each type of location: Facility, Zone, Cage, Row, and Rack. Each tab shows the groups and fields for that type of location. Add a custom field group Click the tab for the type of location, for example Rack. Click Add New Custom Location Type Field Group, for example Add New Custom Rack Field Group. The Add Custom Field Group window opens. In Name, type the name of the group. Ubersmith makes the API Variable Name from the name. To use a different API variable name, click edit, then type the name. Click Save. To add one more group, click Save & New. If you use more than one language, the window has a tab for each language. Type the name of the group in each language. Add a custom field Click the tab for the type of location. In the row of the group, click add custom field. The Add Custom Field window opens. In Label, type the name of the field. In Type, select the type of field. The other settings change for each type: Type Settings Text input or Text input (masked) Field Size, Default Value, Regular Expression Match, and Regular Expression Help Text Select box or Multiple select box The values to select from, one on each line, and Default Value Text area Rows, Columns, and Default Value Check Box Default Value: Unchecked, Checked, or No Default Set Date Default Value Ubersmith makes the API Variable Name from the label. To use a different API variable name, click edit, then type the name. In Group, select the group of the field. In Client Access, select what clients can do with the field in the client portal: None, View, or Edit. See Where the custom fields show. To make the field mandatory, select Required?. To make sure that no two locations have the same value, select Unique?. In Show In Lists, select No, or select a position from Position 1 to Position 5. Click Save. To add one more field, click Save & New. Show In Lists has an effect only for facility fields. Ubersmith shows the field as a column in the facility list of a client. Where the custom fields show On the page of a facility, zone, cage, or rack, the custom fields show in a box, for example Rack Custom Fields. To type the values, click edit in that box. The values are on the Custom Fields tab of the edit window. Rows also have a Custom Fields tab in their edit window. In the client portal, Client Access has an effect only for these types of location: Type In the client portal Facility The field shows as a column in the facility list if Show In Lists is set and Client Access is View or Edit. Cage The field shows on the page of the cage. If Client Access is Edit, the client can change the value. Rack The field shows on the page of the rack. If Client Access is Edit, the client can change the value. Clients do not see zone and row custom fields.