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CUSTOM FIELD TYPES




IN THIS ARTICLE

 1. What you'll need
 2. List of Custom Field types
 3. Add values to Dropdown and Label Custom Fields

Use our large selection of Custom Field types to format your data to ensure
consistency.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED

 * 60 uses of Custom Fields are available on the Free Forever Plan.
 * Unlimited uses are available on all paid Plans.
 * Individual Custom Fields can be hidden from all guests.
 * Required Custom Fields are only available on the Business Plan and above. 


LIST OF CUSTOM FIELD TYPES

Following is a list of Custom Fields types with descriptions, examples, and the
options available for each type:

Type Description Example Options Checkbox A true or false checkbox. Review
required
 * Required field

Date A custom date and time (formatted the same way as other dates in ClickUp).

Today

12/31/2022

12/31/2022 1:00pm

 * Required field

Dropdown

A series of options in a menu.
You can use up to 500 options.

Add options in bulk!

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

Annually

 * Required field

 * Order of options

 * Colors for each option

Email A formatted email address. user@company.com
 * Required field

Files Upload files from your device or cloud storage services.
profilepicture.png
 * Required field

Formula Make calculations between fields on a task using both simple and
advanced formulas. Budget - Cost = Profit
 * Required field

Labels

A flexible list of options, similar to Tags.

You can use up to 500 options.

Add options in bulk!

Customer reported bug

Internally reported bug

QA reported bug

 * Required field

 * Order of options

 * Colors for each option

Location

A formatted address based on Google Maps.

Use this field with Map view!

123 Main St, Hometown, CA, United States
 * Required field

Money A formatted amount of money in any currency.

$123.45

R$12,345.00

 * Required field

 * Currency

Number A formatted numeric value.

1,234,567.89

 * Required field

People Pick people and Teams.

Sam

Accounting team

 * Required field

 * Show people from my entire Workspace

 * Show guests

 * Select multiple people

 * Include Teams

Phone

A formatted phone number with country and area codes.

Click the flag icon to set the country code for each phone number!

+1 (212) 555 1234

+61 0412 345 678

 * Required field

Progress (Auto)

An automatically calculated progress bar that tracks the completion of subtasks,
checklists, and assigned comments.

Nested subtask progress is not included in Progress (Auto) rollup.

75/100

 * Required field

Track completion of:

 * Subtasks

 * Archived subtasks

 * Checklists

 * Assigned comments

Tasks without action items:

 * Display 100% when a task is in a Done status

 * Display 100% Completed

 * Display 0% Completed

Progress (Manual)

A progress bar that's manually set.

10/100

 * Required field

 * Start value

 * End value

Rating

Use emoji to rate items on a numeric scale.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

 * Required field

 * Emoji type

 * Rating number 1-5

Relationships

Tasks linked together using Relationship.

Task A

 * Required field

 * Create Rollup fields

Rollup

Displays fields from related tasks including:

 * Date created

 * Date updated

 * Date closed

 * Start date

 * Due date

 * Time tracked

 * Time estimate

 * Sprint points

 * Status

12/31/2022 (Task A's due date)

 * Relationship

 * Rollup field

Tasks

Tasks linked together without Relationships.

Task A

 * Required field

Text

Enter a single line of plain text.

Text Custom Fields are automatically middle-aligned.

Use ClickUp to save one day a week!

 * Required field

Text Area (long text)

Enter a paragraph of plain text.

You can use rich text editing in this Custom Field!

ClickUp is the most powerful and flexible productivity and project management
software on the market!

 * Required field

Website

Capture the URL of any website.

https://clickup.com

 * Required field


ADD VALUES TO DROPDOWN AND LABEL CUSTOM FIELDS

You can add multiple options at a time to Dropdown and Label Custom Fields by
copying and pasting values from outside of ClickUp.

You can add up to 500 options to each Dropdown or Label Custom Field.

Each option must be separated by a line break, such as separate cells in a
column in Excel or Google Sheets or new lines in a Word or Google Doc.



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