Manage Agenda Custom Data

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Each Meeting Type can be configured with up to fifteen Custom Data text fields which can be used to dynamically populate data into related Agenda, Item Report, or Minutes templates.

Important Notes

  • To manage these settings a user must have the Has Access to Meetings Site Settings permission in their User Profile.

  • When activated, these fields become available on the Agenda Fields page of your Meetings.

  • For instructions on how to change the text that appears in a given agenda custom text field by default, see the Edit Agenda Default Text section of our Manage Default Text article.

Instructions

  1. Sign in to the system if you have not already

  2. Navigate to the User Menu, then select the Settings optionThe User Menu with the Settings option highlighted.

  3. Click the Meetings tileThe Meetings tile with a briefcase icon on the Site Settings page.

  4. Select the Meeting Types tile under the Meetings sectionThe Meeting Types tile with a file folder icon on the Meetings page.

  5. Click the Custom Data button (yellow star icon) for the desired Meeting TypeThe Custom Data button which appears the right of each meeting type on the Meeting Types page.

  6. Fill in the details for as many of the fifteen available fields as neededThe custom fields within the Agenda Custom Tab modal.

    • Field Name: This is a unique, hard-coded name that is used to reference this field within the Settings

    • Field Label: Enter a label that will be used in place of the Field Name when viewing the Agenda Fields page

    • Visible: Toggle to indicate whether the field is visible or not on the Agenda Fields page

    • Req. (Required): Toggle to indicate whether this field must contain content when saving the Agenda Fields page

    • Merge Tag: This is the unique hard-coded Merge Tag that can be used in your templates to dynamically pull the content of this field

  7. Click the Save Changes buttonA green, rectangular Save Changes button in the bottom-right corner of the Agenda Custom Tab modal.

  8. The Custom Data text fields have been configured

    Notes:

    • Changes to Custom Data will be available the next time you visit the Agenda Fields page of a meeting that uses the selected meeting type.An example Agenda Fields page with two custom agenda fields.

    • You can Edit Agenda Default Text to change the text that appears within a custom text field by default.