Custom Field Type Glossary custom-field-type-glossary
When you create a custom field in Marketo you have a list of types to choose from.
Boolean boolean
Example Name: Is Customer - Tag your people as customers
Example Values: True (checked) / False (unchecked)
Operators: None
Currency currency
Example Name: Budget - Store a number value for a company’s budget
Example Values: 100
Operators: is, is not, between, greater than, less than, at least, at most, is empty, is not empty
Date date
Example Name: Renewal Date - Store your customers renewal dates
Example Values: 8/19/14
Operators: is, is not, between, in past, in past before, in future, in future after, in time frame, after, before, on or after, on or before, is empty, is not empty
Datetime datetime
Example Name: Created Date - Store the date and time at which a person is created
Example Values: 8/19/14 2:00
Operators: is, is not, between, in past, in past before, in future, in future after, in time frame, after, before, on or after, on or before, is empty, is not empty
Email email
Example Name: Alternate Email - Keep an alternate email address for your people (cannot actually send emails to this field like the default email address field, that one is special)
Example Values: name@company.com
Operators: is, is not, starts with, not starts with, contains, not contains, is empty, is not empty
Float float
Example Name: Grade Point Average - Keep a person’s grade point average or any other numeric value that has decimals
Example Values: 2.47
Operators: between, greater than, less than, at least, at most, is empty, is not empty
Formula formula
Example Name: Salutations - use this special field in a solution to get the right salutation based on gender
Example Values: check the linked solution
Integer integer
Example Name: Number of Employees - store a number value that does not require decimals
Example Values: 600
Operators: is, is not, between, greater than, less than, at least, at most, is empty, is not empty
Percent percent
Example Name: Likely To Buy - store a percentage value (perhaps calculated on the CRM side)
Example Values: 85%
Operators: is, is not, between, greater than, less than, at least, at most, is empty, is not empty
Phone phone
Example Name: Alternate Phone - store an additional phone number for your people
Example Value: 650-555-5555
Operators: is, is not, starts with, not starts with, contains, not contains, is empty, is not empty
Score score
Example Name: Behavioral Score / Demographic Score - create multiple score fields to keep track of different attributes
Example Value: 14
Operators: is, is not, between, greater than, less than, at least, at most, is empty, is not empty
String string
Example Name: Middle Name - store an additional text attribute
Example Value: Rose
Operators: is, is not, starts with, not starts with, contains, not contains, is empty, is not empty
Text Area text-area
Example Name: Comments - add a comments field to your forms to allow multi-line text entry
Example Value: This article is fantastic!
Operators: is, is not, starts with, not starts with, contains, not contains, is empty, is not empty
URL url
Example Name: Blog - create a field to store person blog urls
Example Value: www.myblog.com
Operators: is, is not, starts with, not starts with, contains, not contains, is empty, is not empty