Create custom event fields

Creating custom fields means that, in your events, you can include categories of information that don't appear by default on the Trumba® Event form (the form that appears when you add or edit an event). Having fields that are customized for your events can help visitors to your published calendar find what they're looking for more quickly.

Custom fields can also help calendar editors keep each other up-to-date. For example, you can include fields for who created the event, who last edited, any revision history notes, and so on. You can choose not to publish these fields.

To create and use your own event fields, you complete these steps:

Tip Trumba Connect comes with many pre-defined fields and event types. You might want to browse these event types and fields before you create your own. You can use pre-defined fields in new event types you create. Or, if you find an event type that has most of the fields you want, you can make a copy of it and edit its fields to make the event type work for you.

To create custom fields

In your Trumba account, under Other Tasks, click Define custom fields, and on the Define Custom Fields page, click Create a new field.
On the Create a New Custom Field page, fill in the field name and description, choose a field type and whether it has a default value, and then choose the owning calendar and whether you want the field to appear on your published calendar.
When you're done editing the New Custom Field form, click OK. Either finish there or create as many additional fields as you want.

On the Define Custom Fields page, what does Edit Custom Field Overrides mean?

Use the fields in new and existing events

When you're done setting up your custom fields, you can create new event types that include your fields. After your event types are set up, you can display and populate your custom fields by adding a new event or editing an existing one, and selecting your event type in the Event form.