# Add your own fields to the employee record

> In Weplanify, add to every employee record the information that is specific to your business: uniform size, driving licence, blood group, etc.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Employees
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.champs-personnalises?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.champs-personnalises.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, custom fields complete the employee record; they appear in the **Custom fields** section of the Information tab.

![The Manage fields window: the Uniform and equipment section with three fields](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fem-champs-e89482ce.webp?alt=media&token=6058a7d5-90cf-4fcf-981e-7f92a7b9bbde)

## Steps

1. On an employee record, open the ⋯ menu then **Manage fields**.
2. Click **Add section** (for example "Uniform & equipment").
3. In the section, click **Add a field**: label, type (text, number, date, yes/no, list of choices) and placeholder.
4. Tick **Required**, **Visible on form** or **Show on list**, then **Save**.

![The new Safety shoe size field, of Number type](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Femployes%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fem-champ-nouveau-520406b0.webp?alt=media&token=23e916d9-4a93-44bf-bb5f-3af50d94faee)

## Good to know

- Fields apply to every record; each record fills them in with **Edit**.
- Drag sections and fields to change their order.
- With "Show on list", the field can become a column of the [employee list](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.liste?lang=en).

## Related guides

- [Search and filter the employee list](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.liste?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the employee list can be searched by name, filtered by group or criterion, shown as a table or as cards, and it also lists the managers.
- [Manage your employees in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee has a record used everywhere: planning, time clock, leave and payroll. Here is how to create it and keep it up to date.
- [Your company settings in Weplanify](https://weplanify.io/docs/configuration?lang=en) — In Weplanify, settings are sorted by theme in a menu on the left: company, approvals, expenses, time and attendance, leave, payroll and account.
- [The employee record](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the employee record brings together everything about a person in five tabs, with sections that you edit one at a time, separately.