Custom fields

Custom fields let you capture the things Anggota does not ask for out of the box, like a T-shirt size, a professional registration number or dietary needs (or whatever else your organisation keeps track of). You define a field once and it appears on the member record and, if you want, on your sign-up forms too.

Create a custom field

Open Members, click the ⋯ button in the top-right and choose Manage fields (or go to More → Custom fields).
Click New field.
Give it a label. You can write it in English, Bahasa, or both - if you fill in only one language, the other falls back to it.
Choose a field type (see the list below).
Set the options and rules you want, then Save field.

Defining a custom field - label, type, the collection rules, and which membership levels it applies to

Field types

Pick the type that matches the answer you expect:

Type	Use it for
Text (single line)	Short answers - a code, a number, a short note
Text (multi-line)	Longer notes or an address
Rich text	Formatted text with bold, links and lists
Number	Plain numeric values
Currency	Money amounts
Date	A single date
Date & time	A date with a time
Single choice	One option from a list - shown as a dropdown or radio buttons
Multiple choice	Several options from a list - shown as checkboxes or a two-panel picker
Email address	An email address, checked that it looks like one
Link (web address)	A web address, with optional link text to show instead of the raw address

For the two choice types you also enter the list of options and choose how they display.

Collection rules

Each field has a few switches that decide where and how it is used:

Required - the field must be filled in before the form can be saved.
Ask during sign-up and renewal - the field appears on your public join and renewal forms and in the embeddable widget, so members answer it themselves. Leave it off to keep the field admin-only.
Members can edit this in their profile - members can update their own answer from the member portal.
Applies to membership levels - leave every level unticked and the field applies to all members. Tick specific levels to collect and show the field only for those levels - handy for a question that only makes sense for, say, Student members.

Your custom fields in the order members see them - drag the handle to reorder

Ordering

Drag the handle beside any field to reorder the list. The order you set here is the order the fields appear in, both on forms and on the member record.

Where your fields show up

On the member record - whenever you add or edit a member.
On your public join and renewal forms and the embeddable widget - for any field set to Ask during sign-up and renewal.
On the member's own profile - for any field set to Members can edit.

Tip: rich-text answers are cleaned before they appear on any public page, so pasted-in formatting or a link is always safe. Only basic formatting - bold, lists, headings and links - is kept.

Custom fields elsewhere

The same field types work in three other places, each managed from its own screen: