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use a text field when you need to store textual data in a record when creating a text field, you can choose from these text types field type description single line use to store a single line of text multi line use to allow more than one line of text in a record email use to allow email address format validation telephone use to allow telephone number format validation url use to allow url format validation ip use to allow ip address format validation rich text use to allow a rich text field editor field in records json use to allow json data to display in records from the results of a playbook or workflow action this is not an editable field list use to allow a list of text or text strings in records to create text fields from application builder's field types, select text 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 name enter the name of the field email address 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 enter the email address of the affected party or parties 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 for more information on read only fields, see read only field behavior docid\ gr1fgskufwzvihwknq5h5 checkmark write once click to indicate that the field's value must be written once for all the records in the application checkmark calculated click to indicate that the field contains a calculation calculated fields are read only and the value is the result of a calculation defined with a custom formula once you select this checkmark, the calculation expression help opens, and you can define your formula or function see calculation builder docid\ xjhycdh6l1614uk7 hwks for more information this is not available for list fields totalminutes(\[date/time opened], \[date/time closed]) large text click large text to store data that exceeds 16 mb large text fields are externally stored, which prevents them from being used in correlations, reports, or charts turbine integrates with external storage solutions to store larger fields efficiently records have a limit of up to 100 mb, and fields have a limit of up to 30 mb this means that data exceeding mongodb's document size limitation will no longer be an issue you can select which fields will need extra storage this is available on new fields only checkmark visible to hero ai applying this setting allows hero ai to reference this field checkmark next, consider the following advanced options in the field properties tab field step prefix enter text that will be prepended to the field's input suffix enter text that will be appended to the field's input min items indicate the minimum number of items to allow in a list field max items indicate the maximum number of items to allow in list field length limit indicate a number that will limit the number of characters or words that can be inserted into the field this field is available only to single line, multi line, and rich text fields length indicate a minimum and maximum numeric value that will limit the number of characters or words that can be inserted into the field this field is available only to list fields add specific field level permissions by role, and when ready click apply