Creating custom fields can only be done if you are subscribed to Connect's enterprise plan. Each board can have a maximum of 20 custom fields.

What are the different types of fields available?

1. Text: Lets you create a  simple text-box to get additional input from the user. 
   
2. Number: This field is very useful when you need to track the costing, or deal values, etc. You can also add a specific unit like currency as a suffix or a prefix.
   
3. Dropdown: Provide options that users can select from. If you have different stages that your task goes through, this dropdown can be used to track a task's phase. You can add upto 50 options to this type of field.
   
4. Multi-select dropdown: Allow users to select more than one relevant option for this field. In case your design team is working on multiple deliverables at the same time, they can be listed as options in the multi-select dropdown. You can add upto 50 options to this type of field.
   
5. Date & Time: This field has date picker from which users can select the date and time.
   
6. Date: Adds a date picker field to the tasks in your board.
   
7. File: Allow users to attach reference material or any other important document through this field.
   

How to create a new custom field?

1. Navigate to the specific board.
   
2. Click the menu with the three dots (ellipses) in the top-right corner of the page.
   
3. Select Settings from the dropdown.
   
4. Click Custom Fields in the Settings pop-out.
   
5. Click Create Custom Field.
   
6. Select the type of field you'd like to create.
   

1. Fill in the details. A preview of the field appears at the bottom of the pop-out.
   
2. Click Add Custom Field.
   

What happens once you create custom fields?

How to edit the custom field?

1. Navigate to the specific board.
   
2. Click the menu with the three dots (ellipses) in the top-right corner of the page.
   
3. Select Settings from the dropdown.
   
4. Click Custom Fields in the Settings pop-out.
   

1. Click the edit button (pencil icon) in the right.
   
2. Once you've made the changes, click Update.
   

How to delete custom fields?

1. Navigate to the specific board.
   
2. Click the menu with the three dots (ellipses) in the top-right corner of the page.
   
3. Select Settings from the dropdown.
   
4. Click Custom Fields in the Settings pop-out.
   
5. Click the delete button in the right.
   

1. Once you confirm, the custom field gets deleted from all tasks in the board. The values associated with the custom fields are also removed and they cannot be recovered.