Form Template Date Fields

The different types of Date fields you can use.

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Before setting up your Date Field

Date Fields are some of the most common and useful fields to add to a Form Template.

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When adding a Date Field to a Form Template, the following information may be important:

Are you recording the time, date, or both?
Do you need it to prefill todays date?
If you are recording time, is it the point in time or the duration of time?
Is the date field mandatory?
(Check the box for Mandatory.)
Is this date field only needed when something else happens?
(Check the box for Hidden.)
Is this date field only needed when a form is in a certain status? (Set the Form Status.)
Is this date field only for certain teams or zones? (Set the User Zone.)

This setup covers the Date and Date Timezone Independent fields.

Name: The name of the Date field.
Label: The system identifier - this is used when setting up Hide/Show rules for fields.
Position: The order your field display.
Prefill with: Not applicable for this field.
Prefill dates with current day: Defaults the selected date to today. Only for Date fields.
Onchange: This is an advanced option.
See Advanced Setup for more detail.
Mandatory: Marks the field as mandatory.
Hidden: Hides the field when the form is created. Used with Show/Hide Rules.
Prefill: Enabled by default - only disable this at the suggestion of Prestartr Support.
Copy Value from Field: Prefill the date from another date field. Only for Date fields.
Form Statuses: Determines if the field will display based on the status of the form.
User Zones: Determines if the field will display based on selected User Zones.

When setting up a Time, Date Time, or Duration Field, the options include the following:

Name: The name of the field.
Label: The system identifier - this is used when setting up Hide/Show rules for fields.
Position: The order your field display.
Prefill with: Not applicable for this field.
Prefill dates with current day: Defaults the selected date to today. Only for Date Time field.
Prefill from: Select time info from Jobs.
Onchange: This is an advanced option.
See Advanced Setup for more detail.
Mandatory: Marks the field as mandatory.
Hidden: Hides the field when the form is created. Used with Show/Hide Rules.
Prefill: Enabled by default - only disable this at the suggestion of Prestartr Support.
Set Time Interval (In Minutes): Options are 1, 5,15, and 30 minute intervals.
Copy Value from Field: Prefill the date from another date field.
Form Statuses: Determines if the field will display based on the status of the form.
User Zones: Determines if the field will display based on selected User Zones.

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