Field Properties

Property	Description	Applicability
Label	The text to be shown before or above the input control, that indicates the purpose of the field.	All
Required Field	Select the checkbox to make the field a mandatory field; Unselect the checkbox to make the field an optional field. Before saving a form submission, user must supply input for a mandatory field, whereas user may or may not supply input for an optional field. Note, however, that no validations are enforced when a form submission is saved as a draft.	All fields except: Container, Label, and Number to Word
Title Field	Include the field value in the comma-separated string that summarizes the form submission, wherever a form submission summary is to be shown, such as list of form submissions.	All fields except: Media, Container, Label, and Number to Word
Remote Field	Fetch the value for this from a web service (works only when online). Forms engine can pass values of other fields in the form submission to the web service to fetch the value.	Text, Number, Currency, Date, Time, DateTime, Phone, Email, and URL
Barcode Field	Enable a barcode/QR-code scanner for populating this field.	Text and Pick List
Computed/Default Field	Value for this field is populated based on a formula based on other fields. A computed field is disabled (greyed-out) after the value is populated and cannot be changed, whereas a default field can be changed. Note: Number to Word is a compute-only field.	All fields except: Media, Container, and Label
Minimum Length	If specified, the field's length should not be shorter than the specified minimum.	Text and Phone
Maximum Length	If specified, the field's length should not be longer than the specified maximum.	Text and Phone
Minimum Value	If specified, the field's value should not be less than the specified minimum.	Number
Maximum Value	If specified, the field's value should not be greater than the specified maximum.	Number
Visibility Restriction on Employee Groups	Select the checkbox to make the field `visible` or `invisible` (chosen from the pop-up menu) to the specified employee groups. Unselect the checkbox to make the field visible to everyone.	All
Edit Restriction on Employee Groups	Select the checkbox to make the field `editable` or `uneditable` (chosen from the pop-up menu) to the specified employee groups. Unselect the checkbox to make the field editable by everyone.	All
Field Dependency Based on Values in Other Fields	`Hide,` `Disable,` or make a field `Mandatory` when the supplied criteria evaluates to true.	All
Background Color Based on a Field	A Number or Currency field can be configured to assume different background colors based on range its current value falls in. All other fields can be configured to use the background color of another Number or Currency field.	All
Label Font	Choose a pre-configured font to be used for the field label from the pop-up menu.	All
Value Font	Choose a pre-configured font to be used for the field value from the pop-up menu.	All fields except: Media, Label, Field Group, and Repeatable Section

Label

The text to be shown before or above the input control, that indicates the purpose of the field.

All

Required Field

Select the checkbox to make the field a mandatory field; Unselect the checkbox to make the field an optional field. Before saving a form submission, user must supply input for a mandatory field, whereas user may or may not supply input for an optional field. Note, however, that no validations are enforced when a form submission is saved as a draft.

All fields except: Container, Label, and Number to Word

Title Field

Include the field value in the comma-separated string that summarizes the form submission, wherever a form submission summary is to be shown, such as list of form submissions.

All fields except: Media, Container, Label, and Number to Word

Remote Field

Fetch the value for this from a web service (works only when online). Forms engine can pass values of other fields in the form submission to the web service to fetch the value.

Text, Number, Currency, Date, Time, DateTime, Phone, Email, and URL

Barcode Field

Enable a barcode/QR-code scanner for populating this field.

Text and Pick List

Computed/Default Field

Value for this field is populated based on a formula based on other fields. A computed field is disabled (greyed-out) after the value is populated and cannot be changed, whereas a default field can be changed.

Note: Number to Word is a compute-only field.

All fields except: Media, Container, and Label

Minimum Length

If specified, the field's length should not be shorter than the specified minimum.

Text and Phone

Maximum Length

If specified, the field's length should not be longer than the specified maximum.

Text and Phone

Minimum Value

If specified, the field's value should not be less than the specified minimum.

Number

Maximum Value

If specified, the field's value should not be greater than the specified maximum.

Number

Visibility Restriction on Employee Groups

Select the checkbox to make the field visible or invisible (chosen from the pop-up menu) to the specified employee groups. Unselect the checkbox to make the field visible to everyone.

All

Edit Restriction on Employee Groups

Select the checkbox to make the field editable or uneditable (chosen from the pop-up menu) to the specified employee groups. Unselect the checkbox to make the field editable by everyone.

All

Field Dependency Based on Values in Other Fields

Hide, Disable, or make a field Mandatory when the supplied criteria evaluates to true.

All

Background Color Based on a Field

A Number or Currency field can be configured to assume different background colors based on range its current value falls in. All other fields can be configured to use the background color of another Number or Currency field.

All

Label Font

Choose a pre-configured font to be used for the field label from the pop-up menu.

All

Value Font

Choose a pre-configured font to be used for the field value from the pop-up menu.

All fields except: Media, Label, Field Group, and Repeatable Section