A data field is the basic unit of a data list. Each field in a data list or form holds an individual piece of that data.
Adding a Field
To add a field (column) to your data list, scroll to the far right of the data list and click the + New column button.
When creating a new field, you can choose between the following two methods:
Create manually
If you want to configure the field properties yourself, select Create manually.
Select the Field type that will store the data.
Enter a Display name for the field.
Configure the field properties such as Unique value, Required, Default value, and other settings. Available properties may vary depending on the field type.
Click Save to save your settings.
After saving, the new field will appear in your data list.
Note: When using manual creation, you can only add one field at a time.
Create with AI
You can also create fields using Create with AI.
In this mode, instead of manually configuring each property, you can simply describe the fields you want to create in the input box. AI will analyze your request and generate the corresponding fields automatically.
For example, you can describe:
Field names
Field types
Field purposes or descriptions
AI will generate the suggested fields based on your description. You can review the results and confirm the creation.
Learn more click: Create Data List Fields with AI | Yeeflow Help Center
You can also add a new field by clicking a field header and selecting Insert left or Insert right.
Note: if you do not have creator permissions, you will not be able to add any new fields.
Different field types have different properties for settings, you can refer to this article to check introductions for different filed types: Control and fields. Besides, there are some common properties among different fields.
"Unique Value" means that duplicated value is not allowed if it's ON.
"Placeholder" will be displayed when it's blank.
"Required" means that it will be mandatory to fill if it's on the form.
Edit field settings
There are 2 places where you can edit the settings of a data field, You may:
1. In the data list, find the column of a field, then click the dropdown button from the header, and click "Edit field" from the drop-down menu to open the "Edit field" window.
2. Click the "More" button from the top-right of the data list, select "List settings" from the drop-down menu, then click "Fields" to open the "Fields management" window. You can find all the data fields included in the current data list.
Click the operation button at the end of each field and select "Edit" to open the "Edit field" window.
You can also delete the fields from the same places mentioned above.
Show or hide fields from the data list.
Click the drop-down button of each column's header, from the drop-down list, click "Hide Field" to hide the field from current data list.
You can also click the "Display fields" button from the top left operation bar, from the pop-up window, toggle on/off to show/hide a field from the current view of the data list.
Drag any item here to change the display order of each field.
Set the fields show on the mobile device
Open the drop-down menu of the "Display fields" setting, click "Mobile" from the tabs to set which fields will be displayed on the mobile device.
You can set up to 5 fields from each dropdown list. The Image field can only select a field with the field type as "Image".