Input

Capture typed values: text, dates, times, numbers, addresses, coordinates, phone numbers, links and currency.

The Input component captures a value the user types or picks when creating or doing a task: a customer name, a delivery date, a phone number, an address or an amount.

Set Component Type to Input, then choose a Type of Input:

Type of Input	Captures	Field on the field app
Text	A single line of free text, such as a name, a note or a reference code	Text box
Date	A calendar date without a time, in dd/mm/yyyy	Date picker
Date and time	A date and a time together, in dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm	Date and time picker
Time	A time of day, in hh:mm	Time picker
Number	A number, optionally with a unit such as KG	Number keypad and unit picker
Address	A street address as free text over several lines	Multi-line text box
Coordinate	A position as latitude, longitude	Coordinate box with map picker
Phone number	A phone number	Phone keypad
Link	A web address	Text box checked for a valid link
Currency	An amount of money in your organization’s currency	Number keypad with the currency

In the previous version these types were called String, Datetime, Numeric, Geolocation, PhoneNumber and URL. Existing components keep working under the new names.

How inputs look on the field app

The Initial page of the example task type in the mobile preview, with one input of every type.

A required input is marked with a red *. A value can already be filled in when the field worker opens the task:

• from task creation: the value entered on the web, in an import, through the API or from a data source;
• from the Default Value of the component, when nothing was entered at creation.

The field worker can change the value before finishing the page, unless the task is done.