You may create custom fields to capture information specific to your organization's business needs. The default installation of TeamConnect is configured to capture generic information that most organizations need, such as record name, number, date when created, user who created it, and so on. However, your organization might need to include information that is specific to your industry and business methods.

For example, if your organization shipped packages, you might need to store the number of packages shipped to a particular client, the total weight of the packages, and the type of delivery. The default installation of TeamConnect does not include such fields, but you could create custom fields for the purpose. To define each of these fields, you need to know the following information:

•What kind of information it should contain so that you can label it accordingly, such as Total Shipping Weight.

•What field type it must be to store the necessary information properly, such as Number, List, or Text fields.

After you enter this information on the Custom Fields tab of the appropriate object definition, the users with the appropriate rights see the fields on their pages, as shown in the following images.

Custom Fields in the Designer Interface

To have your custom fields displayed on the page, you have to include them in blocks. These elements provide a layout for custom fields on the page and allow you to add certain formatting attributes to their tags.