. Choosing the right field type keeps your data clean and easy to work with: a Date field gives you a calendar picker and sorts chronologically, a Currency field formats money correctly, and a Select field limits entry to a fixed set of options.

This page catalogues every field type, grouped by the categories you see in the Add field picker. When you create a field, Kinabase suggests a type based on the name you give it, so you can usually accept its suggestion and adjust from here.

1. In this section

Once you know which field types you need, these guides show you how to set them up.

Configuring fields - create, reorder, edit and delete fields, and work with the Field Editor.
Validation and formatting - keep data valid with required and unique rules, and add colour and number formatting.
Computed fields - calculate values and build dynamic text with formulas.
Linked collection fields - connect records across collections.
Lookup fields - pull a chosen value from a linked record.
Aggregation fields - roll up totals, averages and counts from linked records.
Global currency fields - store amounts in multiple currencies with exchange-rate conversion.

2. Text

Free-form text, plus specialised formats for the everyday text you handle most.

Field type	What it stores
Text	A simple text input for any characters, numbers and spaces.
Rich Text	Text with formatting - bold, italics, underline and bullet points.
Email Address	An email address, with click-to-email.
Website	A web address, shown as a Preview Card or a Simple Link.
Phone Number	A phone number.

3. Numeric

Numbers of every kind - plain figures, scores, probabilities and money.

Field type	What it stores
Number	A number (whole or decimal).
Rating	A whole-number score, shown as a slider or radio buttons.
Probability	A likelihood, expressed as a percentage.
Currency	A monetary amount in a single currency, with an optional per-unit price.
Currency Code	An ISO 4217 currency code, chosen from a dropdown.
Global Currency	An amount in any enabled currency, converted to your base currency. See Global currency fields.
Risk Score	A score derived from likelihood and impact.

4. Measurements

Physical and scientific quantities, each with its own units. Kinabase handles the unit conversions for you.

Field type	What it stores
Percentage	A percentage value.
Angle	An angle, in degrees.
Length	A length (metres, kilometres, millimetres, and so on).
Distance (mileage)	A distance in miles.
Area	An area (m², hectares, and so on).
Volume	A volume (litres, cubic metres, and so on).
Weight	A weight or mass (kilograms, pounds, and so on).
Pressure	A pressure (bar, psi, pascals).
Scientific Time	A time interval in seconds, milliseconds, and so on.
Frequency	A frequency, in hertz.
Temperature	A temperature (°C, °F or K).
Data	A data size (KB, MB, GB).
Current	An electric current, in amps.
Voltage	A voltage, in volts.
Charge	An electric charge, in coulombs.
Resistance	An electrical resistance, in ohms.
Capacitance	An electrical capacitance, in farads.
Inductance	An electrical inductance, in henrys.
Energy	An amount of energy, in joules or watt-hours.
Power	An amount of power, in watts.

5. Date & Time

Dates, times, durations and ranges for scheduling and record-keeping.

Field type	What it stores
Date	A date, chosen from a calendar.
Date + Time	A date and a time together.
Month	A month and year only.
Year	A year only.
Duration	A length of time in days, hours and minutes - often used for billing or scheduling.
Date Range	A start and an end, together.
Cadence	A recurrence - one-off, weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly.

6. Location

Field type	What it stores
Address	A physical address, ready to plot on a map.

7. Choice

Predefined options for consistent, categorical data - plus the yes/no and visual fields.

Field type	What it stores
Yes / No	A true/false value, shown as text or ticks and crosses.
Select	A single choice from a fixed list.
Multi-Select	One or more choices from a fixed list.
Brand	A brand identity from your organisation's Brand Guide Brand Guide Your organisation's style settings in Kinabase — colours, fonts and logos — used to keep the app and your Portals looking consistent with your brand. . See Brand guide.
Colour	A colour, stored as a hex code and shown as a swatch.

8. People

Link records to the people in your organisation, or store a structured name.

Field type	What it stores
Colleague	A single colleague Colleague Someone in your organisation with a Kinabase account; the built-in Colleagues list is where their profiles are managed. from your organisation.
Colleagues	Several colleagues.
Person Name	A structured name, with separate title, first, middle and last parts.

9. File

Upload documents and images, singly or in bulk.

Field type	What it stores
Image	A single image, with optional camera capture.
Images	Several images.
File	A single file of any type.
Files	Several files.

10. Computed

Values that Kinabase works out for you - from a formula, from a linked record, or by summarising many records. These are covered in detail across the rest of this section.

Field type	What it stores
Computed (Number)	A number calculated from other fields.
Computed (Text)	Text built from other fields.
Computed (Date)	A date calculated from other fields.
Computed (Duration)	A duration calculated from other fields.
Computed (Select)	An option chosen by a formula.
Conditional Text	Text picked from templates by condition.
Lookup	A value copied from a linked record. See Lookup fields.
Aggregation	A number rolled up from linked records. See Aggregation fields.
Aggregation (Date)	The earliest or latest date across linked records.

Linking to other collections. The Type picker also lists your other collections. Selecting one creates a Linked Collection Field
Linked Collection Field
A Field that links a record to one or more records in another Collection; Lookup and Aggregation Fields use this link to pull in or summarise related data.
- the link itself - as either a single or multi-record link. See Linked collection fields.

With the right field type behind every column, your records stay accurate and your collections stay easy to work with - ready for the views, reports and automations you build on top of them.

Need more help? Ask your System admin, or contact our support team via Help & Support.

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