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Custom Fields

Create Ticket or Customer custom fields and understand every supported field type.

Applies to

Choose where the field is used:

  • Tickets — field belongs to ticket records.
  • Customers — field belongs to customer records.

Field type

  • Text — single-line free text.
  • Long text — multi-line text.
  • Number — numeric value.
  • Date — date value.
  • Dropdown — selection from predefined options.
  • Yes / No — checkbox/boolean value.

Label

The human-readable field name shown to Staff.

Sort order

Controls the order of custom fields in supported forms/views.

Dropdown options

Required for a Dropdown field. Enter the allowed choices using the format expected by the Custom Fields screen.

Design advice

Create custom fields only for information that needs a structured reusable value. Use ticket messages/notes for narrative information.

Last updated August 23, 2026