What are Lists of Values?

What are Lists of Values and How to make List Values?

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Written by Matthew James Finkel
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What are List Values?

List values are used where OnRent has a drop-down list of options.

You will see these when you create activities, accounts, contacts and more.

You can edit existing lists and create bespoke lists to relate to your business requirements, which could be included when creating custom views for bespoke reporting. 

For example, when you create an account, you can assign: 

  • An Account Industry

  • An Account Status

  • An Account Type

Each of these are a list value.

These can be edited specific to your business needs relate them to your business. For example, you might have account industries of:

  • Plant and Hire

  • Vehicles

  • Electricians

  • Catering

  • Transport & Logistics

The system-supplied lists

Some of the list values are supplied for OnRent. For these lists, you can:

  • Change the name of a list value

  • Change the default list value

  • Add new list values

Note: You cannot delete the system-supplied defaults.

Creating Lists of Values 

To add a new list value head to System Setup > List of Values.

This will show all the Lists of Values within the OnRent system.

You can maintain an existing list of values, by selecting name of the List Value you would like to edit will open that List with its corresponding Values.

  • Click Add Value to add a new value

  • Click the name of a Value to edit that value

  • Click the Bin Icon for the option to delete that value

Some List Values will allow for a default value, only one value in a list can be set as the default value.

🎉 Quick Tip: You can assign a colour to the value for quick recognition on overview pages. 

Once you have added your new value and assigned a colour, you can click the Green Button Update List of Values to save your changes.

You can create a new list of values that you can be applied to custom fields and custom forms. 

To create a new list of values by clicking the Green Button Add List of Values.

The List Value requires a Name, you can then enter individual Values for this new List.

The newly created List Value can be assign to a custom field to record additional information. 

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