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Adding Custom Fields to Company and Contact Information

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{{ DeprecatedPage }}__NOTOC__It is important to note that you can extend the information you are gathering around companies and contacts by adding [[Custom Fields|custom fields]].
If you are not permissioned to add these types of fields you will need to speak to your [[System Administrator|system administrator]]. You can add fields to:
* '''[[Organization|External companies]]''' – Companies.
==Creating Global Custom Fields for Companies and Contacts==
{|{|+-||From the [[Global Settings]] page, [Custom [custom fields]] can be attached to all organization and contact [[profile]]s in your system. <br />Custom fields can also be configured to only appear on certain organization [[Client Categories|categories of organizations and ]] or contact [[roles]]. <br />As well, custom fields can be set to only apply to [[internal]] or [[external]] organizations and contacts, or both.<br /><br />''Note: The terminology used in this example may differ from copy to copy of SmartSimple.<br />
See [[Organization Terminology]] for further information.''<br /><br />
====Branch & Organization Settings====
* ''Branch Custom Fields'' - define custom fields for all [[internal]] organizations.
* ''Organization Custom Fields'' - define custom fields for all [[external]] organizations.
 
====Staff & Contact Settings====
* ''Custom Fields'' - define custom fields for all contacts in the system.
* ''Staff Custom Fields'' - define custom fields for all [[internal]] contacts (users).
* ''Contact Custom Fields'' - define custom fields for all [[external]] contacts.
 ||[[Image:GlobalCustomFields.png|link=]]|-
|}
:In all cases, custom fields are configured in the same fashion. Go to [[Image:CategoryGlobal Settings]], click on the hyperlink corresponding to which kind of global custom field you want to define, and click the ''New'' button to create a new global custom field.png ==Field Availability==The custom field settings in global custom fields include the ability to define which organization [[Client Categories|link=category]] or contact [[roles|600pxrole]]<br />for which the field should be available.:For organization custom fields, you can set the [[Image:Role_type.png|link=Client Categories|600pxcategory]]for which the field is available:
: [[Image:Category.png|link=|600px]]<br />
For contact custom fields, you can set the contact [[roles|role]] for which the field is available:
: [[Image:Role_type.png|link=|600px]]
==See Also==
* [[Role Based Custom Fields]]
[[Category:Contacts]][[Category:Organizations]][[Category:Custom FieldsDeprecated]]
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