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Custom Field Types

Text Fields​

Text input fields allow collection analysts to capture important details. Text fields:

  • Are limited to 3,000 characters.
  • Do not support markdown and rich text.
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Example of a text field: "Report Summary", allowing for a one paragraph summary of complex reports to improve review and collaboration workflow.

Select Menus​

Select menus are dropdown lists of customizable values that analysts can select one value at a time.

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Example of a select menu: "Sent to Decision Maker", in which the options are "Yes" or "No".

Checkbox Groups​

A checkbox group is a list of items that analysts can click to toggle in which multiple options can be selected.

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Example of a checkbox field: "Case Attributes", in which the options are "DUI", "Arrest", "Assault", "Drug-related", etc.

Multichip​

A multichip field is similar to a checkbox group in that users can select one or multiple fields, but these fields only show selected list items as chips once items are selected. Users can click to edit a multichip field and either search for a specific list item or scroll through the list of selectable checkbox items.

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Example of a multichip field: "Investigator ID", in which the options are a series of alphaneumeric strings (or email addresses) associated with a specific investigator from a department.

Rich Text Fields​

A rich text field allows analysts to record critical analysis using a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor. This format allows analysts to seamlessly move text captured within Workstation to third-party document editors such as Microsoft Word.

Rich text Fields can:

  1. Support up to 50,000 characters.
  2. Underline, bold, italicize, or strikethrough text.
  3. Use ordered and unordered lists.
  4. Indent text.
  5. Use font styles, such as colors, headers, and text highlighting.