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Custom Field Permissions

You may also specify some constraints on how your mobile user interacts with the custom fields

NameTypeDescription
optionalStringAll users will be able to update this field, but will not be required to. (this is the default, unless you specify a different permission)
requiredStringAll users will be unable to complete the job without entering a value for this field.
read_onlyStringAllows dispatchers to update the value, but mobile workers will only be able to read this field.
hiddenStringAllows dispatchers to view and update the value, but mobile workers will not see this field.

All custom field types can have any of the permissions above, apart from the following exceptions:

  • link - must be set to either hidden or read_only

  • signature - must be set to either optional or required