What is a Global Custom Field?
In the CM section we provide default fields and, in addition to them, we give you the possibility to set your own custom fields, in order to store information relevant for your business.
A global custom field is a contact custom field that is not associated to any list and is visible in all contact view irrespective of the list.
The Global Custom Fields section
Click on Global Custom Fields:
Now you can see all the Global Custom Fields already defined or create new ones:
Create a global custom field
To create a global custom field click on 
New Custom Fields button and fill the details:
Alias: name of the global custom field that will be displayed on the contact’s view
Type: type of the global custom field. You can use one of the following custom field types:
Text: a simple text input field
Select: a single choice list. To add the choices for the select, write the text and click enter.
Number: a number input field
Switch: toggle switch with values true/false
Datetime: Date and time picker
URL: https url field
Required: set true if you want to set the global custom field as mandatory
Click to action: set true if you want to activate an action (in this case voice type)
Click Save to confirm
After the custom field is created, you can view, edit or delete it under list of global custom fields.
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Now if you add or edit a contact in any list, you will be able to set the global custom field on the right column. |
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Deleting a global custom fields will erase all the related data in the database |
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For click to action option (usable only for agent), when an agent will open the contact, he/she will see custom field with the possibility to activate a voice option |
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Edit a global custom field
Find the global custom field from the global custom field lists, click on Edit Custom Field:
Modify the fields and then click Save.
Delete global custom fields
To delete a global custom field, find the custom field from the list and click on Delete:
To delete multiple gobal custom fields, select multiple custom fields by marking the checkbox on the left side and then click on Delete button (ok to confirm).
Export list of global custom fields
To export list of global custom fields, select the custom fields to export by marking the checkbox on the left side and click on Export button.
