A field is both a place to input a specific type of information, and the information itself that is then stored in that part of a record.

Agiloft supports fields of many different data types, such as text, single choice list, multi-choice list, integer, floating (decimal) point, telephone, email, URL, attached file, date, time, date/time, elapsed time, currency, and so on, and each field can be provided with validation rules appropriate to its type. For instance an integer field might require a value between 1 and 100. A full list of field types is provided in List of Data Types.

Each field has a "field name" and a "field label". The field name is the name of the column in the database table. The field label is the value that users see through the GUI. Labels can contain spaces, for example Customer Name.

Agiloft provides full National Language Support, meaning that field labels can be translated into multiple foreign languages so the user will see labels in the language specified by their browser settings.

To review the fields for a particular Table and add, modify, or delete fields, go to Setup/Tables/, select the Table to edit, then select the Fields tab. Mouse-over "New" to view the drop-down of all available data types to choose from.

A new progress window with progress indicators will pop-up when an administrator adds a new column to a table. This window will give administrators better indications of duration and progress of this operation.

There is a set of Default Fields for each table: