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How to set up custom fields for a single event
February 04, 2014, 08:41:18 am
I'm trying to set up some custom data for participants of a single event. I have created a new Custom Field Set selected Participants (Event Name) in Used For. When I go to create a Profile for this Custom Field Set, however, I cannot find the Custom Field Set. When I try to add a field to the new Profile, I choose Participant for the Field Name (there are no other participant-related options), but my Custom Field Set is not available in the secondary drop down. This is unsurprising considering the fields only apply to participants of a certain event, not all participants generally.

The question is: how do I create a set of fields for a specific event? Have I misunderstood how Custom Field Sets and Profiles relate to online registration for a CiviEvent, or am I just missing a step? Or have I understood everything, and this is just a bug because we're running CiviCRM 4 on Drupal 6?

Any guidance will be appreciated.


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Re: How to set up custom fields for a single event
February 04, 2014, 09:20:56 am
Double check that both the Custom Field set & the custom Fields are marked as active. The field should be in the list in the following format:

<< custom field name >> :: << custom field set >>

The fields are listed in alphabetical order by field name.

Hope it helps...


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Re: How to set up custom fields for a single event
February 04, 2014, 02:01:23 pm
The Custom Field Set and the Custom Field are both active. They do not show up anywhere in the drop downs when I try to add a field to the Profile.

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Re: How to set up custom fields for a single event
February 04, 2014, 03:57:50 pm
does this profile have other fields already or is it a brand spanking new one - and if so, perhaps replicate on demo site so as to confirm if it is a bug/missing feature or not
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Re: How to set up custom fields for a single event
February 09, 2014, 09:09:11 am
Turns out to be user error. I simply missed seeing it (repeatedly) because I was looking in the wrong place in the dropdown amongst all the other choices.
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