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When you add a custom field to a manageable object in Settings › Data › Data Model, you pick a Data Type. Qwoty supports three types: Text, Number, and Date.

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Available types

The data type can’t be changed after creation, and neither can the API name.

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Text

Use Text fields for any string value: a customer type label, a project code, a free-form note. Qwoty doesn’t enforce a value list: your team enters whatever makes sense for your process. Common Text use cases:
  • A Customer type field with values like Prospect, Key Account, Partner
  • A Project code referencing your internal project tracker
  • A Notes field for sales-rep context
  • An External reference matching your ERP
What Text accepts:
  • Any string
  • Special characters, accents, line breaks (use double quotes when importing via CSV)
  • Empty values (unless Mandatory is enabled)
Qwoty doesn’t offer a dropdown or multi-select type. To restrict values to a fixed set, use Text and document the allowed values in your team’s playbook.

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Number

Use Number fields for any numerical value: counts, dimensions, prices, scores. The value is stored as a number. Common Number use cases:
  • A Headcount field (e.g., 160 attendees on an event quote)
  • A Hectares field on a customer in agriculture
  • A Tier level field for customer segmentation (1, 2, 3)
  • A Custom discount % field
What Number accepts:
  • Integers and decimals (use . as the decimal separator)
  • Positive and negative values (where the field permits)
  • Empty values (unless Mandatory is enabled)
What Number does NOT accept:
  • Currency symbols (€, $)
  • Thousands separators (1,234.56 is rejected — use 1234.56)
  • Text mixed with numbers (160 attendees is rejected — use 160 and put attendees in a separate Text field if needed)

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Date

Use Date fields for any date value: an event date, a deadline, an anniversary, an effective-from date. Common Date use cases:
  • An Event date field on quotes for events
  • A Delivery date requested by the customer
  • A Contract effective date on a contract model
  • A Customer onboarding date
Display behavior: The format displayed in the UI follows your display format settings. In a CSV import, use the ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD.
To capture a time such as 16:00, use a separate Text field labeled Time.

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Choosing the right type

A few quick rules:
  • If you’ll compute or aggregate values (sum, average, sort numerically) → Number
  • If you’ll filter by date range or do date math (e.g., “quotes for events next month”) → Date
  • For everything else — labels, codes, descriptions, free-form data → Text
When in doubt, start with Text. To change a field’s type later, you have to create a new field with the right type and fill it again.

Field properties

Mandatory, Editable by sale, Display for customer: what these settings do.

Objects

Which objects accept custom fields.

Create a Quote custom field

Step-by-step example using Text, Number, and Date.

CRM mapping

Sync custom fields with your CRM.
Last modified on October 27, 2026