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Data security
Data Security The Data Security section contains two options: Encrypt data Contains health data Manage data encryption for fields Applies to the following fields: Single line, email, date, date-time, number, percent, decimal, and currency Refer to ...Data Privacy
Managing Data Privacy in Fields Contains personal info. The fields marked as contains personal info denotes that they contain Personally Identifiable Information(PII). To enable PII field: Navigate to the target form in the edit mode of an ...Enable showing a field only to admin users
Enable showing a field only to admin users Applicable to the following fields: all except auto number , formula , add notes , and users . Refer to this page to learn about the Show field to field property. Open the form builder. Select the required ...Scan QR code and bar code
Enable scanning a QR code and bar code to enter input in form fields Applicable to the following fields: Single line , multi line , email , URL , number , percent , decimal , and currency Scanning a QR code and bar code is available only when your ...Set initial value
Set initial value for form fields Refer to this page to learn about the Initial value field property Set initial value for single line field Set initial value for numeric fields Set initial value for single line field Refer to this page to learn ...Set decimal points
Set decimal points for form fields Applicable to the following numeric fields: Percent , decimal , and currency . Open the form builder. Select the required field. Navigate to the Field Properties -> Validation section, displayed on the right. Enter ...Max digits
Applicable to the following numeric fields: Number, percent, decimal, and currency. Open the form builder. Select the required field. Navigate to the Field Properties -> Validation section, displayed on the right. Enter a value between 1 and 19 in ...Max characters
Set max characters for form fields Applicable to the following fields: Single line, email, radio, and drop down . Open the form builder. Select the required field. Navigate to the Field Properties > Validation section on the right. Enter a value of ...No duplicate values
Set no duplicate values for form fields Applicable to the following fields: single line , email , number , percent , decimal , currency , date , date-time , and users . Refer to this page to learn about the No duplicate values field property. Open ...Mandatory
Set mandatory for form fields Applicable to the following fields: All except auto number, formula, section, and add notes. Open the form builder. Select the required field. Navigate to the Field Properties > Validation section on the right. Check the ...Field name & Field link name
Set field name and field link name for form fields Applicable to the following fields: The Field Name property applies to all fields except the add notes field. The Field Link Name property applies to all fields . Ensure to not enter any sensitive ...Default character length
A set of default character length for form fields are in place to help in effectively using the available space. For instance, you might have fields with large values that contain too many characters. These can be substituted with values of fewer ...Field height
Understand setting the height of form fields Applicable to the following fields: multi-line and rich-text. Height is not applicable when your users access your form from a phone/tablet. The property Height enables you to set the height in which the ...Field size
Understand setting the size of form fields Applicable to following fields: All except decision box , signature , auto number , subform , section , and add notes . Learn how to set field's size The Field size property enables you to set the size in ...Understand Changing the Field Type
The Field type property enables you to change a field in a form into another type of field. The following table lists the available field type conversions. Refer to this page to learn how to change a field to a different type. Type of field Available ...Show field to admin users
Understand showing a field only to admin users Applicable to the following fields: all except auto number, formula, add notes, and users. Learn how to show a field only to admin users You can control the visibility of a field on your form such that ...Data security
Understand data encryption for fields Applies to the following fields: Single line, email, phone, date, date-time, number, percent, decimal, currency, and IP address. Learn how to manage data encryption for fields Encryption is a method of adding a ...Data privacy
Data Privacy in fields Data Privacy in fields deals with the protection of the Personally Identifiable Information(PII). The PII denotes a range of personal data that includes email addresses, location, mobile numbers, identification numbers, etc. ...Scan QR code and bar code
Understand scanning QR code and bar code to enter input in form fields Applicable to following fields: single line, multi line, email, URL, number, percent, currency, and decimal. Scanning a QR code and bar code is available only when your users ...Initial value for form fields
Understand initial value for fields in your forms The field property Initial Value enables you to set a value to a field when your users access your form to submit an entry, i.e., when the form loads. Setting initial values for the fields in your ...Decimal points
Understand decimal points for form fields Applicable to the following fields: percent , currency , and decimal . This property dictates the maximum number of digits that your users can enter (in the above-mentioned fields) after the decimal point. ...Maximum digits allowed
Understand setting the maximum number of allowed digits in form fields Applicable to the following fields: number, percent, currency, and decimal. This property dictates the maximum number of digits that your users will be allowed to enter in the ...Max characters
Understand setting maximum number of allowed characters in form fields Applicable to the following fields: Email, single line, radio, and drop down. This property defines the maximum number of characters that your users will be allowed to enter in a ...No duplicate values
Understand preventing duplicate values in form fields Applicable to the following fields: single line, email, number, percent, decimal, currency, date, date-time, and users Learn how to enable the No duplicate values field property Enabling the No ...Making form fields Mandatory
Understand making form fields mandatory Applicable to the following fields: auto-number , formula , and add notes . Enabling this property for a field forces your users to enter an input in that field. Until they don't enter an input in that field, ...Field name and field link name
Understand field name and field link name The Field name property is applicable to all fields except the add notes field. The Field link name property is applicable to all fields. Ensure to not enter any sensitive terms while naming you form fields ...Delete field
Delete a field from a form Open the component menu as shown below, then select the required form. Its Design page will appear. Hover on the form's preview, then click Open Form Builder . Select the required field. Click the Delete icon on the right: ...Rearrange fields
Rearrange fields in a form You can arrange the fields in your form in a mixture of one-column, two-column, and three-column layouts. How to rearrange fields in your form Things to know How to rearrange fields in your form Edit your app. Open the ...Add field
Add a field to a form Open the component pane as shown below, then select the required form. Its Design page will appear. Hover the mouse on the form's preview, then click Open Builder . The form builder will open. Drag and drop the required field ...Understand System Fields
Understand system fields In addition to the data that is submitted through a form , Zoho Creator captures a few details like - which user added the record, when did the user add the record, which user was the last one to update it, etc. These details ...Understand fields
Note: Ensure to not enter sensitive terms while naming your form fields or collect confidential information in them. A field is the basic unit or building block of a form. In your Zoho Creator app, you collect and store data using forms and each ...
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