---
title: "About Form Fields"
slug: "about-form-fields"
tags: ["Forms", "Fields"]
updated: 2024-06-27T04:55:53Z
published: 2024-06-27T04:55:53Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.infoodle.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# About Form Fields

An infoodle **Form** consists of information areas called **Fields** that you want a user to read and/or respond to.

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/d198920d-a212-4177-85f9-e1abc92e7ab3/Images/Documentation/image%28827%29.png)

Building a **Form** in infoodle involves dragging and dropping selected fields into the **Build Form** area. Each field has a number of options you can configure in order to have the form work as you need. Many of these options are common to all field types. For example:

- **Only on approval form** - Set to **Yes** if you only want this field to appear when processing the entries, so the approver can make a selection. For example, add the user to a group based on details submitted. It will not be visible to the person completing the form.
- **Mandatory** - set to **Yes** if this field must be completed.
- **Help message** - add a message to give information about the field and what's required from the user. It will appear as a clickable question mark on the form - the message will be displayed when selected.

### Field Categories

1. [Generic Fields](/v1/docs/generic-fields)
2. [Repeating People Block - adding multiple people to a form](/v1/docs/repeating-people-block-adding-multiple-people-to-a-form)
3. [People Fields](/v1/docs/people-fields)
4. [Household or Organisation Fields](/v1/docs/household-or-organisation-fields)
5. [Group Fields](/v1/docs/group-fields)
6. [Finance Fields](/v1/docs/finance-items)
7. [Payment Fields](/v1/docs/payment-fields)

### Special form functions

1. [Adding Recurring Payments to a Form](/v1/docs/adding-recurring-payments-to-a-form)
2. [File Upload](/v1/docs/file-upload)
3. [infoodle Unique ID](/v1/docs/infoodle-unique-id)
4. [Stock items on Forms](/v1/docs/stock-items-on-forms)

## Related

- [Form Fields](/form-fields.md)
- [Generic & Independent Fields](/generic-fields.md)
- [Repeating People Block - adding multiple people to a form](/repeating-people-block-adding-multiple-people-to-a-form.md)
- [People Fields](/people-fields.md)
- [Household or Organisation Fields](/household-or-organisation-fields.md)
- [Group Fields](/group-fields.md)
- [Finance Fields](/finance-fields.md)
- [Payment Fields](/payment-fields.md)
- [Adding Recurring Payments to a Form](/adding-recurring-payments-to-a-form.md)
- [File Upload](/file-upload.md)
- [infoodle Unique ID](/infoodle-unique-id.md)
- [Stock Items on Forms](/stock-items-on-forms.md)