Custom Fields

Custom Fields let you add task-specific fields to extend the standard Task object with additional information your team needs to capture.

How it works

Standard fields (Task Title, Status, Priority, Due Date) are built-in and cannot be modified. Custom fields are added on top of these and can be configured with their own field type, lock behavior, and access rights.

Step 1: Open Standard Object Fields

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Select Standard Objects

  3. Select Standard Object Fields

  4. Click the Tasks tab


Step 2: Add a custom field

  1. Click Tasks Custom Field then + Add Field

  2. Fill in the field details:

    • Field Label — the display name for the field

    • Field Key — auto-generated from the label, used as the system identifier

    • Field Type — select from: Text, Long Text, Number, Date, True/False, Select, Multi Select, Status, Tag, User, Group, Stage, Related Object, or Related Object (Multiple)

    • Required Field — toggle on if this field must be filled when creating a task

    • Lock Behavior — controls whether the field can be edited when the task is locked (e.g., when a deal is Won)


Step 3: Save the field

Click Save Field to create the custom field.

Related guide pages

Alano User Guidelinehttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/ Customizationhttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/customization-8ddSaxvPIY/ Welcome to Alanohttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/welcome-to-alano-1dTWipd7yW/ Featureshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/features-TcyTIG1kHe/ Contacts/Customershttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/contactscustomers-LZZkPk05en/ Alataskshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/alatasks-rfB2f4M6Ho/ Visibility - Cascaded by Epic / Sprinthttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/visibility-cascaded-by-epic-sprint-gxyCWUSJFa/ Epichttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/epic-OHs5ErxQdj/ Associationshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/associations-8MGMPRad9t/ Visibilityhttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/visibility-g8dEXRggZs/ Sprinthttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/sprint-T931Hjwbjz/ Sub-taskhttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/sub-task-04RIbsAFzZ/ Update Task & Mention Teammateshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/update-task-mention-teammates-wXoUEdFS2U/ Create Taskhttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/create-task-MjPmOAZuWo/ Dealshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/deals-glGb1Ojq9n/ Custom Objectshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/custom-objects-vKkregeoYs/ Alanoteshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/alanotes-qFBrxuMSQa/ Resourceshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/resources-C4DgheeRju/ Intelligencehttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/intelligence-C27rBzbm0P/ Settingshttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/settings-WGYKnuS6lc/ Alano AI Chatbothttps://wiki.alano.ai/guide/alano-ai-chatbot-V1d6NJepW1/

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