Selection

use this field when you need to select values from a list of pre defined options a selection field can be single select or multi select, and require a minimum and maximum number of selected items when creating a selection field, you can choose from these types field type description example in records single select use to display a list of values, one of which can be selected for the record multi select use to display a list of values, one or more of which can be selected for the record radio buttons use to display radio button choices of values checkboxes use to display checkboxes of value options to create selection fields from application builder's field types, select a selection field and then drag and drop it to the form layout drop the field in the layout area, or within a tab or section layout object access the field's properties and complete the following fields as needed field step example display name enter the name of the field incident type help text enter contextual help text you will first need to specify whether the help text will appear above or below the field in the record form, and then you can enter the text select the incident type for this record required click to indicate whether entering data in the field is required to process the record checkmark read only click to indicate that the field is read only for the record the field will not be editable checkmark next, set up the list items themselves on the field properties tab, under advanced, click add/edit values on selection editor, click + to add values click apply when you have added all of the values for your field under permissions, add specific field level permissions by role, and when ready click apply