1.Go to Tools menu > System Maintenance > User Defined Parameters > User Defined Fields Configuration, and click on the Number/Date/Text tab.
2.Click in the first unused Number/Date field.
3.Click the Options button 
to select a field type.
If you select Numeric type, you will also have to specify a number of decimal places.
4.Enter a name for the field. What you enter here is what will be displayed on the window and in reports.
| 6. | Click the Save button. |
The fields will appear in the User Defined Fields window and in Reporting, and in List Manager.
You cannot change the type of a Date/Number field once data has been entered e.g. you cannot change from Precise Date to Imprecise Date or from Whole Dollars to Dollars and cents.
