Zoho Creator Field Types
Zoho Creator supports 24 different types of fields. Each field type can accept a certain "type" of data. For example, a Date field type will accept a date value. An email field type will accept an email address. The different field types are displayed on the left, and can be dragged and dropped onto the Form editor. Each field type has its own set of properties that can be configured to suit your requirement.
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Field types available in Zoho Creator
| Field Type | Description | DataType in scripting |
| Single Line | This field accepts a plain text input of up to 255 characters. Your users can enter letters, numbers, and special characters. | String |
| Multi Line | This is similar to the Single Line field, though with a greater capacity. This field can accept multiple lines of plain text. | String |
| This field accepts an email address that follows the format: example@example.com | String | |
| Rich Text | This is similar to the Multi Line field, but with rich text formatting options. | String |
| Date | This field sports a calendar and enables your users to select a date. Users can also type a date value as long as it matches your app's date-time format. | Timestamp |
| Date-time | This field accepts a date-time value. Like the Date field, it sports a calendar that enables users to select the date and time easily. | Timestamp |
| Dropdown and Radio (single-select) | Use these fields to enable users in selecting one value from a set of pre-configured choices, which are presented:
| String |
| Checkbox and Multi Select (multi-select) | Use these fields to enable users in selecting one or more values from a set of pre-configured choices, which are presented:
| List:String() |
| Number | Use this field to accept a number without any decimal places. | Bigint |
| Decimal | Use this field to accept a number with or without decimal places. | Decimal |
| Currency | Use this field to accept a number with or without decimal places, which will be appended with the selected currency symbol. | Decimal |
| Percentage | Use this field to accept a number with or without decimal places, which will be appended with the % symbol. | Decimal |
| URL | Use this field to accept a URL. | String |
| Image | Use this field to accept a picture/image. You can enable your users to upload one, capture an image using their device's camera, and enter the public URL of an image. | String |
| Decision box | Use this field to enable your users enter a Yes/No, True/False response. | Boolean |
| File Upload | Use this field to allow uploading of files. | String |
| Lookup | Use this field to display data from the fields in another Form. You can configure this field to allow your users in selecting one or multiple values:
| Bigint |
| Add Notes | This field enables you to display informational / instructional text in your Forms, and therefore does not accept any input from your users. | -- |
| SubForm | This field give you the option to add multiple fields in a singular block layout, to accept multiple relational values. | -- |
| Zoho CRM | Use this field to accept data from Zoho CRM. | String |
| Auto Number | This field enables you to associate a sequential numeric value with each record that's submitted through your form. This sequential numbering can start from 1 or from a number of your choice (provided it doesn't exceed 19 digits). | Bigint |
| Formula | Use this field to evaluate given expressions(consisting of Form fields) and display the result. | Depending on the output of the formula, it could be a String/Bigint/ |
| Users | This field enables you to display your app's users or customers (customer portal users) in a dropdown menu. Your users will be allowed to select one value from the list. | String |
| Signature | Use this field to accept digital signatures from users. | String |
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