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{{New_6.0|Custom defined fields must have a unique combination of item, '''name''' and data type. }}

To add a custom defined field[[Image:DIM category.png|600px|center]]

<li>From In the '''Customisation''' menu, select &rarr; '''Data Inventory Manager'''.</li>:The <li>'''[[Filter Item Attributes | Search]]''' the Data Inventory Manager window displaysbefore you add a CDF in order to make sure that a suitable system field does not already exist.</li><li>From In the left pane of the Data Inventory Manager window, select the item and the data category to which you would like to add a CDF.</li><li>From In the right pane of the Data Inventory Manager window, click the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png]] button.</li>:The CDF Editor window displays.</ol>

</div> <ol start="4"/li><li>Enter a name in the Name field. The name should be no longer than # maximum 60 characters long# only allowed characters are a - z and should not 0 - 9 i.e. <br/>::* cannot contain periods (.), underscores / \ (_), or ! ? - @ ::* cannot contain space/blanks::* cannot contain capital letters. In addition it /upper case character::* cannot start with a digit.</li>

<li>Select the data type for the custom defined field from the '''Data Type''' list.<The general recommendation is to avoid text fields if the CDF will be used for search/li><filter, statistics, maps and/ol>or data quality. Users will enter data differently in text fields e.g. many different spellings of an organisation name so it is preferable to use data entry widgets where the user selects over text widget.

| Month, day, yeartimestamp (2016-12-01 15:33:59.187)

| ≤15 decimal pointswith 6 decimals

| Allows the user to select organisational dataan Organisation

| Allows the user to select place dataa Place

| Allows the user to select country from the Country structure level data

<ol start="7"><li>Enter a description for the custom defined field in the '''Description''' field.</li><li>Go through the checklist for implementation of '''[[Custom Defined Fields]]'''.</li><br/ol>=== Display options for single-select and text CDFs===__NOEDITSECTION__ [[Image:CDF display format.png|center|500px|''Disply Display formats'']]

 <li>For Text and Single Select CDFs, there are two different display formats to choose between.</li>

{{note|When entering === Adding values for listsmulti- and single-select CDFs===__NOEDITSECTION__ If you selected the ''Multiple Select'' or ''Single Select'' option, be sure toclick the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png]] button.[[Image:CDF value.png|center|300px|''Add multi- and single-select value window'']]<div align="center">''Add multi- and single-select value window''</div>*Enter values the value for the list in the order that '''Value''' field.When you would like them to display to have completed entering the user*Enter values in for the language in which list, click the users will use IMSMA}}'''Done''' button.

<ol start="11"><li>Do one of the following:</li>*If you would like to save the value and enter additional values, click the '''Save''' button.*If you have completed entering the values for the list, click the '''Done''' button.<li>If you selected the ''Single Select'' option, chose an option from the Selection Display field to display the CDF as either a list of radio buttons or as a combo box.</li> </ol> {{noteNote|You can also translate the label and, if applicable, list option values by clicking the '''Translate''' button at this time. See [[Translate Custom Defined Field LabelsFields]] for more information.}} <ol start="13"><li>Do one of the following:</li>*To save the custom defined field and close the CDF Editor window, click the '''Save''' button.:If the custom defined field information is successfully saved, the CDF Editor window closes and the custom defined field is listed in the Data Inventory Manager window. </ol> {{note|If you would like to add the custom defined field to existing data entry form templates, you will need to update and republish the data entry form template.}} <ol>*To discard the custom defined field and close the CDF Editor window, click the '''Cancel''' button.</ol>