Inserting Custom User Field Labels

Use a Blank Field when you want to export user-defined metadata but you want to incorporate a pre-defined field layout. For example, If you always want to export the fields, CDAuthor, Filesize, and Location, and none of the extended metadata consists of a CDAuthor field (CDAuthor didn’t exist in any of the processed files, therefore it did not appear in the list), you could insert a blank field and change the field label to CDAuthor to keep the pre-defined field layout.

User fields are available for selection in the Select Export Fields screen during an export. See Create a Data Extract Export Job or Create a Processed Data Export Job for more information about creating export jobs.

On the Select Export Fields screen in the export wizard, click to open the Insert Custom Field dialog. From the Insert Custom Field dialog, select the Type: User. The Insert Custom Field dialog changes.
Enter a field label.
Enter an optional Field Value.
Click OK. The field appears in the Selected Fields box. If necessary, use the up and down arrows to reposition the selected user field in the list. Notice that U appears in the Type column. U is for User Field.

After the User Field is created, you can:
- change the field label
- delete the user field from the list
- edit the user field’s value.

Change the Field Label

To change the field label, select it in the Selected Fields box
Right-click to display the context menu.
Choose Change Field Label to open the Edit Field label dialog box.
Modify the Field Label.
Click OK.

The change made here affects how a field’s label will appear in the header row of the export file.

Delete the Field Label

To delete the blank field, select it in the Selected Fields box.

Right-click to display the context menu.

Note: If a User field is needed in either the Summation or Endorsement screens, do not delete the field. Instead move it to the Available Fields box.

Choose Delete User Field. The field is removed from the list.

Edit the Blank Field Value

To edit the blank field’s value, select it in the Selected Fields box.
Right- click to display the context menu.
Choose Edit User Field to open the User Field dialog box.
Modify the Field Value field.
Click OK.