Custom Fields
Custom fields let you track attributes that aren’t part of Nametag’s built-in fields, whatever matters for how you think about your network: company, department, how you met, a membership number, or anything else specific to you.
Defining a template
Section titled “Defining a template”Custom fields start with a template, created in Settings > Custom Fields. Each template has:
- Name: what the field is called, shown as the label wherever it appears
- Slug: generated automatically from the name, used internally and in filter URLs
- Type: the kind of value the field holds
Field types
Section titled “Field types”Nametag supports four field types:
- Text: free-form text
- Number: a numeric value
- Boolean: a simple yes/no toggle
- Select: a dropdown chosen from a list of options you define when creating the template
When you create a Select field, you’ll also define the list of allowed options. A field’s type can’t be changed after creation, since existing values on people already depend on it, but the name and options can still be edited.
Reordering templates
Section titled “Reordering templates”Use the up and down buttons next to each template in Settings > Custom Fields to reorder them. The order you set determines the order fields appear in on a person’s edit and detail pages.
Setting values on a person
Section titled “Setting values on a person”On a person’s edit page, every custom field template you’ve defined appears as an input, ready for a value. Leave any of them blank if they don’t apply to that particular person.
Filtering by custom field values
Section titled “Filtering by custom field values”On the People page, you can filter your list down to people whose custom field matches a specific value using the ?cf=slug:value URL parameter, for example ?cf=company:Acme. This is useful for narrowing your list by anything you track as a custom field, like company, department, or a membership tier.
Tier limits
Section titled “Tier limits”In SaaS mode, the number of custom field templates you can define depends on your plan:
- Free: 1 custom field template
- Personal: up to 20 custom field templates
- Pro: unlimited custom field templates
Self-hosted installations are not subject to these limits.
Limits and constraints
Section titled “Limits and constraints”| Item | Limit |
|---|---|
| Available field types | TEXT, NUMBER, BOOLEAN, SELECT (4 types total) |
| Template name | up to 60 characters |
| SELECT option text | up to 100 characters |
| Max SELECT options per template | 50 |
| Max templates in reorder | 200 |
| Field value max length | 2,000 characters |
| Max custom field values per person | 200 |