Configuring Next Field Suggestions | Zoho Creator Help

Configuring next field suggestions

1. What does this page cover?

Learn how Zia powered with AI provides real-time suggestions for the next relevant form fields by understanding your form's context and thereby enhancing form building experience.
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Before proceeding, click here to know more about Zia's integration with AI.
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2. Availability

Next field suggestions:
  1. Is available only for paid plans of Creator
  2. Can only be enabled and managed by the super admin.  Admins, developers, and users can access the forms that contain the field suggestions
  3. Zoho GenAI is currently available for use only in US and IN data centres (DCs), while EU, AU, CA DCs will continue with the OpenAI Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK) approach as before.

3. Setting up Zia for AI-assisted field suggestions

Setting up Zia is a one-time process that grants access to all Zia features, including creating applications and forms, enabling next field suggestions, and generating scripts. To know more about the prerequisites, click here.

3.1 AI-assisted field suggestions creation flow


3.2 See how to configure


3.3 Configure Zia - OpenAI integration

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  1. To know more about the prerequisites, click here.
  2. Only the super admin and admins can configure Zia in Creator.
  3. For Zoho GenAI, follow step 7 and then you can directly start creating apps without configuring any integration.
1. Navigate to Operations in your Creator account.
2. Click Zia in the Applications card. The Settings screen will appear.
Notes
If you have already added an API key, then proceed to step 7.


3. Select your required AI vendor.



4. Click Add API Key in the Configuration tab. A popup will appear.
  1. If you've chosen OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, you need to add your API key and click Add.
  2. If you've chosen Zoho GenAI, there is no further configuration required.


5. To edit this key by clicking the edit icon after saving. 



6. To edit or update the key after adding it, click Edit. Update the key in the pop-up that appears, and click Save.
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Refer to this page to know more OpenAI's authentication.
7. Toggle the Enable button beside Next Field Suggestions option in the Select Features section. 
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Only super-admin can enable these two options.



8. Click Enable in the popup that appears. This will enable you to use the combined capabilities of Zia and AI to receive suitable field suggestions for your forms.
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As a super admin, you can enable/disable the toggle button as required. This will disable this feature for your  Creator account.

4. Generate next field suggestions using Zia

1. Navigate to the required form's builder.
2. Click the Zia icon. A list of relevant fields will be suggested by Zia.
Notes
NoteTo know the list of field types that will not be included in the forms generated based on use cases, you can click here. However, you can add these fields post accessing your form.

3. Double-click or drag and drop the required field from the list of suggestions.



4. Click the re-generate icon to get a fresh list of relevant field suggestions.  You can click the delete icon beside the added field to delete that field from your form.


5. Limitations

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To know more about how to check the monthly usage of OpenAI API, click here.
  1. OpenAI API Rate limits: Rate limits are restrictions that OpenAI imposes on the number of times a user or client can access their services within a specified period of time and vary based on their usage tier and the model consumed. 
    1. Learn more about the rate limit for your account that contains the API key used for this integration
    2. Learn more about how rate limits work in OpenAI
  2. Google (Gemini) API rate limits: Google also imposes rate limits, especially strict on the free tier of the Gemini API. Free Tier Limits (Gemini 2.0 Flash):
    1. 15 requests per minute (RPM)
    2. 200 requests per day (RPD)
    3. 1,000,000 tokens per minute (TPM)
    4. Learn more about how rate limits work in Google
    Note: Attempting to create multiple apps at once can result in rate limit errors. For instance, if you're creating multiple apps in quick succession, you may exceed the 15 RPM limit and cause an error.
  3. Anthropic API Rate limits: Anthropic defaults users to a paid Tier 1 plan, which generally allows generous usage. However, rate limits still apply and are limited to 50 requests per minute (RPM). Learn more about how rate limits work in Anthropic
  4. NotesNote: While generous, these limits can still impact high-frequency operations, especially in rapid app creation scenarios.
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