📄️ The basics
Custom data lets you keep your own kinds of records in SHIPM8, beyond the ones the app comes with. If you've ever wished you could keep a simple list of your…
📄️ Find an object
The Custom data overview is where your objects live. It starts empty on purpose — you search or filter to bring objects into view, rather than showing…
📄️ Create an object
An object is the kind of record you want to keep — the blank form. To make one, go to the Custom data overview and click New. Fill in the form and click Save.
📄️ Field types
When you add a field (a box on your form), you first choose its type — that is, what kind of information goes in it. The type decides how the box looks and…
📄️ Add a field
A field is one box on your object's form. Open the object from the overview, then click Field definition (the + button) to add one. Fill it in and click Save.
📄️ Field options
As well as a name and a type, each field has a few simple on/off options that decide how it behaves. They're all optional — the defaults are fine for most…
📄️ List fields (choices)
A Choose from a list field gives people a drop-down of set options instead of a free-typed value — for example a Result box offering "Pass", "Fail", and…
📄️ Linked fields
A linked field points at another record instead of holding a typed-in value. For example, on an "Inspections" object you might link to the Company the…
📄️ Manage & advanced
Once an object exists you can keep it up to date from its detail screen, and there are some advanced settings you can usually leave alone. This page covers…