{"id":711,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm-custom-fields\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:08:13","slug":"crm-custom-fields","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm\/crm-custom-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Add your own contact fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>Fields are the questions your account asks about every person, such as budget, move date or loan type. Because they are typed, you can filter on them and build smart lists from them, which a note cannot do.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>CRM &gt; Fields<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Press <strong>Add a field<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-custom-fields-1.webp?v=1791835693\" alt=\"In CRM &gt; Fields, press Add a field\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>In CRM &gt; Fields, press Add a field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Give it a <strong>Name<\/strong>, such as Budget.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a <strong>Type<\/strong>: Text, Number, Date or Choice list.<\/li>\n<li>Check the <strong>Key<\/strong>. It is filled in from the name and does not change later.<\/li>\n<li>For a choice list, write one choice per line, up to forty.<\/li>\n<li>Add short <strong>Help text<\/strong> if it needs one.<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Add field<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-custom-fields-2.webp?v=1791835693\" alt=\"Name it, pick a type, then Add field\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Name it, pick a type, then Add field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use the arrows to reorder fields, <strong>Edit<\/strong> to rename, and <strong>Retire<\/strong> to stop asking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Every field shows on each contact record in the Your fields card, and in the contacts filter bar under Your fields.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone can answer fields on a contact. Only owners and managers write the field list.<\/li>\n<li>The type and key cannot be changed. Retire the field and add a new one if either is wrong.<\/li>\n<li>Retiring keeps every answer readable. Deleting removes the answers too and cannot be undone.<\/li>\n<li>The page shows how many fields your account can hold.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fields are the questions your account asks about every person, such as budget, move date or loan type. Because they are typed, you can filter on them and build smart lists from them, which a note cannot do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1933,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/crm\/fields","_rd_doc_source_id":"crm-custom-fields","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"Fields are the questions your account asks about every person, such as budget, move date or loan type. Because they are typed, you can filter on them and build smart lists from them, which a note cannot do.","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[19],"class_list":["post-711","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-crm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/711\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}