User

Reference5 minFoundation

Assign the person responsible for reviewing a purchase request from the Beezr user list. Use Relation when the selection is a supplier or customer record rather than a user account.

A Beezr user selected for a record.

USER

Use when

Purchase request: the person responsible for review

Choose another type for

A supplier or customer record

On a form

A user dropdown.

In views

Can be selected for configured data view columns. Configure its display in the data view settings.

In Smart Script

getCurrentValue() has a String return type for every field type; an unset value can be null. The stored selection refers to ids, not the displayed label. For a single lookup id, use resolveLookupIdValue to read its text.

Import and export

Supply the stored selection representation and inspect the import preview. Prepare the referenced users, lookup lists and modules in the destination workspace.

Example

Purchase request: the person responsible for review

Settings

Setting	What it does
Show in record details	Includes this field in the record details; forms and data views are configured separately.
Show in the record header	Includes this field among the record header fields.
Position	Sets the order in record details; lower numbers appear first.
Virtual field	Computes the value at display time instead of storing it.
Encrypt values	Choose encryption when you create the field.
Encryption key	Select an ACTIVE encryption key.
Default value	Sets a plain value or Smart Script for new records.

Name the field

Start the field name with an English letter. Use letters, digits, spaces and underscores.

What's next

Which field type should I use?Choose a field type by what people will enter and what you want to do with it later, from short text and dates to lookups, relations and smart fields.Add a fieldAdd a field to a module so people can capture a new piece of information, such as a contract's end date.

Last checked 2026-10-14