Custom Field Import Wizard

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System Administrators are able to import custom fields and associated settings within any Custom Field Settings page.

Each Custom Field settings page, whether UTA, contact or company specific, will have the Text Import tab.

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Overview of how to use Custom Field Import Wizard

The import process consists of the following steps:

1. Enter information into the Import Wizard.

2. Map the fields in the pasted data to custom field settings.

3. Validate the information mapping before uploading.

4. Upload the data to SmartSimple.


Enter information into the Custom Field Import Wizard

  • Click on the the Text Import tab within the relevant Custom Field settings page, whether UTA, contact or company specific, to access the Import Wizard screen. Step 1 of the Import Wizard is displayed.
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  • If you wish to paste text into this field then click the mouse in the import text box, and then select the Edit Paste menu or press Control + V. Alternatively you can type directly into the field.
  • As a minimum requirement you should enter a Display Order value, a Field Type and a Field Name value.
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NOTE: Some of the Custom Field settings can only be imported using IDs rather than the displayed values. These are discussed further in the Custom Field Settings section below.

  • Once all the relevant field data is enter then you set the Column delimiter as required.
  • Click the First row contains field names check box if the first row is column headers rather than real data.
  • Click the Values enclosed by double quote check box if the first row is the values being imported include any that are enclosed in double quotes.
  • Click the Analyze button.


Map the fields in the pasted data to custom field settings

  • Step 2 of the Import Wizard should now be displayed.
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  • The top of the screen includes an option to map each column in the entered data with a corresponding custom field settings.
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NOTE: Only the first row of data is used to define the mappings, but the settings are applied to all rows of data.

  • Define the mappings between the entered data and the custom field settings as appropriate.
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  • Click Parse Data button at the bottom of the screen.


Validate the information mapping before uploading

  • Step 3 of the Import Wizard should now be displayed.
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  • This lists all rows of data and shows what values are to be mapped to what custom field settings.
  • Review the data to confirm that mappings are correct for all rows.
  • If issues exist in the mappings then use the Back button to navigate back to an earlier step and make appropriate changes.


Upload the data to SmartSimple

  • If no issues exist then click on the Upload button.
  • User will be taken to Step 4 of the Import Wizard, which indicates whether the upload succeeded or not.
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Custom Field Settings

Some of the Custom Field settings can only be imported using IDs rather than the displayed values. These are discussed further in the sections below.


Settings requiring a 0 or 1

A number of the custom fields settings are enabled using the numeric value "1" and disabled using the numeric value "0".

The exact list of these field settings are shown below . . .

  • Allow Empty
  • Appear Mandatory
  • Searchable
  • Use As Tab
  • Track Changes
  • Show as Radio Buttons
  • Enable Multiple Select
  • Show Display Value in List Views
  • Sort Values To Display Vertically
  • Disable Lookup Button
  • Enable Builder
  • Enable Server-Side Validation
  • Enable KML
  • Disable Quick Edit
  • Hide Field
  • Hide For Portal
  • Enable Map Service
  • Enable People Search Service
  • Enable Organization Search Service
  • Show Counter
  • Count Words
  • Show Currency Format in Edit Mode


Custom Field Label Display

The following values should be used when trying to define how the label should be displayed against the field.


Label Display option ID
Label on Left 0
Label Above Field 1
Empty Label 2
Hide Label 3


Custom Field SmartField View

The following values should be used when trying to define how the field will be handled within the SmartField View.


SmartField View option ID
Include 0
Exclude 1
Only display for SmartField View 2


Custom Field Type Values

The following IDs should be used when trying to create a custom field for that type.

Custom Field Type Name Custom Field Type ID
Display Only - External Entity Details 96
Display Only - Image 34
Display Only - Web Page View 110
Dynamic Data - Dynamic Control Field 87
Link - Multiple Files 80
Link - Single File 33
Lookup - Address Validation 78
Lookup - Ajax Options 73
Lookup - Entity and People 76
Lookup - External Entity 95
Lookup - External People 75
Lookup - ICD Codes 74
Lookup - NAIC Codes 77
Lookup - MeSH Codes 81
Read Only - System Variables 109
Read Only - Text 39
Select Many - Check Boxes 20
Select One - Combo Box 10
Select One - Internal Entity 90
Select One - Internal People 70
Select One - Ledger Code 72
Special - Auto Number 50
Special - Auto Save 79
Special - Barcode 45
Special - Browser Script 103
Special - Calculated Value 60
Special - ePad Signature 100
Special - Geo Mapping 115
Special - Hand Drawing 99
Special - Hidden Value 38
Special - MSWord Merge 113
Special - XML Data 125
Store Value - System Variables 111
Text - Password Protected 44
Text Box - Multiple Lines 40
Text Box - Rich Text 42
Text Box - Single Line 30
Title Bar - Multiple Columns 5
Creation - Date 55
Display Only - Tabbed Web Page View 112
Display Only - Text or System Object 36
Dynamic Data - Data Grid 88
Link - Email 37
Link - SmartFolder 32
Link - Website 35
Select Many - List Box 22
Select Many - Scrolling Check Boxes 21
Select One - Multi-level Combo Box 127
Select One - User Group 15
Special - Color Code 126
Special - Timer 31
Special - UTA Peers Combo 12

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