Field

You might say

Each quote should record client name, amount, date, and status—just these four, nothing more for now.

A field is one standalone piece of information in a record, such as client name, amount, or date.One client quote consists of four fields: client name, amount, status, and date. Before building a tool, splitting "what I want to record" into a field list matters more than sketching pages: the list drives the form, the list view, and validation. The field is the information itself; the input is just the control for filling it in.

Know first

Form

Every form item becomes one field in the record

New quote formClient nameAmount¥ 12,000Date2026-03-12StatusFollowing up

The saved record

client_name

amount¥ 12,000

date2026-03-12

statusfollowing_up

The field is the information; the input is just the controlFour fields on the list means the form asks for exactly four things.

How the field list drives everything after it

Fields drive the form: Each input on the form maps to one field. Four fields means the create page asks for exactly four things.

Fields drive the list: Each column in the list is a field. Whatever you will search by later should be a field now.

Fields drive validation: Amount must be a number, date must be pickable—validation follows the field, not the page.

Quick checkChoose the best answer

While designing a quote tool, which of these is a field?

The "amount" of each quoteThe "save" button at the bottom of the formThe entire new-quote form

You can say this to an AI Agent

Keep the quote tool to four fields for now: client name, amount, date, and status. Name and amount are required, date uses a date picker, status picks from "following up / won / archived." Do not add other fields yet.

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