Form Field - Types
Zoho Creator supports 20 types of form fields. The type of the field has to be specified while creating the form. The field type has to be chosen based on the data it should contain. If the field should contain only a date value, then choose the column to be of type date. If it is to contain a value out of a set of values, then choose a picklist. It you want the list also be be modifiable by users, then choose a import data field. The table below lists all the field types supported by zoho creator, their description and data type.
| Field Types |
Description |
DataType
in scripting |
| Single Line Text |
Use this field to hold plain text or text that can contain any type of character. |
String
|
| Multi Line Text |
This is similar to a single line text field and can contain any type of character, but with more text area. Appropriate for a comments or a notes field in a form. |
String
|
|
Email
|
Select this type when the data entered by the user has to be an email id. Zoho Creator automatically validates if the value entered is a proper email id. |
String
|
| Number |
This field accepts only numbers without any decimal places. |
Number
|
| Decimal |
This field accepts numbers with or without any decimal places. |
Number/Decimal
|
| Currency |
This field accepts numbers with or without any decimal places. In addition, it will also display the selected currency symbol. |
Number/Decimal
|
| Percentage |
This field also accepts numbers with or without decimal places. In addition, it will also display the % symbol. |
Number/Decimal
|
|
Dropdown / Radio
(Single select)
|
This is appropriate when a field in a form is an enumerated type. i.e. it can accept only one of the pre-configured values from the user. It could be one of the following types:
a) Dropdown list b) Radio buttons.
|
String
|
|
Checkbox / Multiselect
(Multiple select)
|
This is appropriate when a field in a form is an enumerated type. But in this case, it can accept more than one value of the pre-configured values from the user. It could be one of the following types :
a) Checkbox b) Mubtiselect
|
String
|
| Date |
When a date field appears on a form, it also displays a calendar button, which lets users select a date easily. |
Date
|
|
Lookup
(Import Data)
|
These fields import the data from single select/multiple select fields in another form and display it in this form. It could be of the following types.
|
To select a single value:
a) Dropdown b) Radio button
|
To select multiple values:
a) Checkbox b) Mubtiselect
|
|
String
|
| Formula |
Computes<> a value based on a formula that is entered.
Learn more.
|
Depending on the output of the formula, it could be a String/Number/
Decimal/ Boolean/ Date .
|
| Decision checkbox |
This field can have only two values - Yes or No. |
Boolean
|
| File Upload |
To upload files to the form. |
|
| Add Notes |
This field is used to add notes to your form. |
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| Image |
This field is used
to display image links.
|
String
|
URL
|
This field is used
to specify a url.
|
String
|
Date-Time
|
This field is used to specify
the date with time. When a date-time field appears on a form, it displays
a calendar button to let users select the date and time easily.
|
Date
|
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