Every installation of Skedulo for Salesforce comes with a standard set of data objects and fields that we use to power the app. Custom fields are any fields added to the existing Skedulo data structure provided within your service platform (CRM).
While it is inadvisable to edit or remove this existing data structure (as doing so may stop Skedulo from working), you can add new fields to the existing objects—or add entirely new objects, that can then be used within the Skedulo app.
Adding a custom field to one of Skedulo's existing data objects should be done through the normal process of adding fields to objects provided by your service platform.
Note
Only custom fields on the "Jobs" object will appear on the Skedulo mobile app.
For this example, we will go through adding a custom field named "Cause" to the Skedulo "Job" object using the Salesforce CRM.
To begin, go to the "Custom Objects" page within Salesforce and select the "Job" record (this record will have "Sked" as the Installed Package). The custom objects page can be found at the following location:
Setup > Build > Create > Objects > Job (Edit "Job") > Fields & Relationships
Same process as with Salesforce Classic–only the location of the custom objects page is as follows:
Setup > Object Manager > Job > Fields & Relationships.
From the "Job" object, add a new field clicking the "New" button.
Note
If the "New" button is not available, then you do not have permission to add new fields within Salesforce. Please contact your system administrator to update your permissions.
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Choose the field's data type. You can select the provided data types; however, if you select one of the relationship data types (lookup relationship, master-detail relationship or external lookup relationship) then the field becomes a reference custom field. Reference custom fields are linked to another object in Salesforce; this can be a standard Skedulo object or a custom object that you have added to the system. If you are going to a reference a custom object, then please refer to the "Referencing a Custom Object" section. For our example, we will select the "Text" data type.
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Set the details of the field. These settings will change depending on the data type selected, but for this text field, we will set the label as "Cause" and set a maximum length of 100 characters.
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Accept the default security settings provided.
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Final summary. It provides a final review of the field we are adding before we save the details.
Once you have saved the new field, it should appear in the "Custom Fields & Relationships" section of the job object page.
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If you set up a custom field that references a custom object (i.e., an object outside the standard set of Skedulo objects) then you must ensure that the object has the following fields:
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UID–the unique key field for records of this object.
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Name–a descriptor field that will be used when displaying records of this object.
Important
If you do not define these fields on the referenced custom object, then the Skedulo app will not be able to render the custom field correctly.
You will also need to ensure that the users of Skedulo have permission to access these objects. For Salesforce, this may mean using a "Skedulo Permission Set" that allows "Read" access to this the newly created object (e.g., Skedulo's Baseline Permission Set). Then assign it to users as needed.
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