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Shown in the subsequent list will be all the custom user fields that have been added already. To create a new user field click the green button at the top of the page. This will take you to the edit screen for a new field where you can start to populate the necessary information

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Setting

Description

User field name

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The label which is given to this field

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every time

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a profile is viewed.

User field type

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Specifies what kind of data

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should be input into this field. 

Make this a required field

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Determines whether this field is mandatory or not. If yes then a user will not be able to edit and save

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the profile until this field has been

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populated.  

Make this a unique field

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This causes Kaizen to check whether any other profiles in the system have the same value as is being entered and will not allow an edit to be saved if there is a duplicate elsewhere. 

Lock this field (non editable by users)

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Specifies whether this field should be editable by the end user or not. If it is locked then only users with the permission (as part of their roleallow user to edit locked user fields will be able to make changes. 

Show this field on the users list

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Dictates whether or not this field is shown directly on each user's record when viewing the list of

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users

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Who can see this user field?

allows you to specify which role(s) should be able to view this piece of information on a given profile to which they have access. All defined roles are listed for selection, and all roles chosen will have the ability to view this data on all user profiles to which they have permissions to access.

The owner role is used should you wish the owner of the profile to view this information when viewing their own profile.

The default selection is all roles which results in this data being visible to all users with permissions to access any given user profile.

Click to save the changes made to this user field and return to the main list. This has now made available this user field to populate on each user's profile. If nothing has been entered on a profile for a field then it simply does not display in order to keep the presentation clean.

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