Creating Other Record Fields

Other record fields are used for records that do not have custom forms associated with them. You can add other record fields to these record types to gather information specific to your business needs.

Other record fields can be added to the following record types:

Account	Location
Accounting Book	Location Costing Group
Address (See Creating Custom Address Fields)	Manufacturing Cost Template
Allocation Type	Manufacturing Routing
Automatic Location Assignment Configuration	Note
Automatic Location Assignment Rule	Payroll Batch
Bill of Distribution	Payroll Item
Bill of Materials	Planned Order
Bill of Materials Revision	Planned Standard Cost
Billing Rate Card	Planning Item Group
Bin	Planning Rule Group
Campaign Event	Product
Charge	Product Version
Charge Rule	Project Budget
Class	Promotion Code
Company	Region
Competitor	Role
Department	Retirement Plan
Distribution Category	Sales Channel
Distribution Network	Shipping Partner Package
Domain	Shipping Partner Registration
Expense Category	Shipping Partner Shipment
Format Profile	Standard Cost Version
GL Numbering Sequence	Subsidiary
Global Account Mapping	Subsidiary Setting
Global Inventory Relationship	Supply Change Definition
Imported Employee Expense	Supply Change Order
Inbound Shipment	Supply Chain Snapshot
Inventory Cost Template	Supply Chain Snapshot Simulation
Inventory Status	Tax Code
Invoice Group	Tax Type
Item Account Mapping	Timesheet
Item Demand Plan	Vendor-Subsidiary Relationship
Item Location Configuration	Work Breakdown Structure
Item Source	Workflow
Item Supply Plan	Workplace

To create or modify other record fields:

Go to Customization > Lists, Records, & Fields > Other Custom Fields.
On the Other Record Fields page, each custom field is listed, with columns providing detailed information about the field and which records the field has been applied to.
Choose an option:
- To edit an existing record field, click the field name in the Description column and then modify the field definition as needed.
- To add a new custom record field, click New.
For more information, see Creating a Custom Field.
Complete fields on the Other Record Field page as needed, and then click Save.

You can use SuiteCloud Development Framework (SDF) to manage custom other record fields as part of file-based customization projects. For information about SDF, see SuiteCloud Development Framework. You can use the Copy to Account feature to copy an individual custom other record field to another of your accounts. Each custom other record field page has a clickable Copy to Account option in the upper right corner. For information about Copy to Account, see Copy to Account.

Here is an example of an other record field.

When the other record field is included in a form, it could look like the following example.

Sample form with custom Other Custom Field setting highlighted.

To create or modify other record fields:

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