Custom Fields
Add your own attributes to learners — like Department Code or Location — to filter, segment, assign, and report on your people.
Custom Fields
Custom Fields let you attach your own attributes to learners — beyond the built-in details like team and role. Use them to capture organization-specific information such as Department Code, Location, Cost Centre, or Start Cohort, then filter, segment, assign, and report on your people using those values.
What you can do with Custom Fields
- Filter and segment learners — narrow your learner list by any custom field value.
- Assign learning — target a subset of people (for example, everyone in a given location) when enrolling learners.
- Report and export — custom field values are included in CSV exports.
Field types
When you create a custom field, you choose one of two types:
- Dropdown — a set of predefined options learners can be tagged with (you must add at least one option). Great for values like Department or Region.
- Date — a date value, such as a start date or certification date.
Note: A field's type is fixed once it's created. If you need a different type, create a new field.
Creating a custom field
- Go to Settings → Custom Fields.
- Click to create a new field.
- Enter a name (up to 200 characters).
- Choose the type (Dropdown or Date).
- For dropdowns, add your options.
- Optionally mark the field as required.
- Save.
You can create up to 10 custom fields per organization.
Editing and deleting
- Edit — you can rename a field, toggle whether it's required, and add or rename dropdown options at any time. Changes are applied automatically across all your learners.
- Delete — removing a field clears it from every learner. This can't be undone, so delete with care.
Populating custom field values
You can set custom field values in two ways:
- Manually — edit an individual learner and set their values.
- CSV import — include custom field columns in your learner import to set values in bulk.
Note: Custom fields are not populated by HRIS sync. Standard attributes (such as team, role, region, and location) sync from your HR system, while custom fields are managed via manual entry or CSV import.