Manage Custom Fields

Custom Fields add extra, typed values to the entities in the Repository Model. They are a legacy feature, so most installations keep only a few and move new documentation to Custom Metadata. This page shows how to keep the Custom Fields you still use clean and correct.

• ✅ Add and edit Custom Fields
• ✅ Delete Custom Fields, and restore them if you change your mind
• ✅ Copy the API URL to reuse the list in reports and scripts

On this page, an administrator, or a user whose Role may modify Custom Fields, learns to manage the Custom Field list. Business users who only look up Custom Fields start with the Custom Fields Overview instead.

Note

The Custom Fields menus are visible only when the DisableCustomFields System Parameter is false. The default is true, so the menus are hidden on a new installation. Custom Fields are a legacy feature; prefer Custom Metadata.

Understanding delete and restore

Delete in Nodinite is a soft delete: the Custom Field is flagged as deleted and hidden from the list, but it stays in the database, so you can restore it. See Show deleted records for how this works across Nodinite.

A Custom Field's life after Delete. Green: active. Yellow: deleted, and anyone who may modify Custom Fields can restore it. See Show deleted records.

Who can do what

Everything on this page also works from the Repository menu for users whose Role allows it; the Administration menu needs the built-in Administrator Role.

Every right is set per Role on its Repository Permissions tab. Users first need the global Access right on Repository (Repository Access), then Access on the Custom Fields row; Create and Modify sit on the Custom Fields Permissions for all row. A Deny in any of the user's Roles always wins.

Find the Custom Fields list

Open Administration > CMDB Attributes > Custom Fields, or Repository > Custom Fields. From Administration, clicking a Custom Field opens it for editing; from Repository, it opens it for viewing.

Use the filter box, the Custom Field Type filter, and Include deleted Custom Fields to narrow the list. Click a column header to sort it.

Add a Custom Field

Click Add CustomField to open the editor. See Add or manage Custom Field for every field.

The Add CustomField button opens the Custom Field editor.

Edit a Custom Field

Click the Custom Field's Name in the Administration list, or choose Edit from its Action menu. See Add or manage Custom Field.

The Action menu of an active Custom Field.

Delete a Custom Field

Choose Delete from the Custom Field's Action menu. The Custom Field disappears from the list until you check Include deleted Custom Fields.

Restore deleted Custom Fields

1. Check Include deleted Custom Fields to list deleted Custom Fields.
2. Open the Action menu of the deleted Custom Field and choose Restore.

The restored Custom Field is back in the list.

Copy API URL

Click Copy API URL to see the underlying REST call to the Web API and copy the query string. Use it in custom Reports or automation scripts.

Frequently asked questions / Troubleshooting

I deleted a Custom Field by mistake. Can I get it back?

Yes. Check Include deleted Custom Fields, then restore it.

Why can't I see the Custom Fields menu?

The DisableCustomFields System Parameter hides the Custom Fields menus while it is true, which is the default. One of your Roles also needs Access on Custom Fields, see the Permission Set for the Repository Model.

Next Steps

Add or manage Custom Field
Show deleted records
Manage the Repository

Related Topics

Custom Fields - What a Custom Field is
Custom Fields Overview - Find and view Custom Fields
Custom Metadata - The recommended alternative
DisableCustomFields - System Parameter that shows or hides the Custom Fields menus
Permission Set for the Repository Model