Adding Additional Fields to Assets
Customize your workflow by adding custom fields to your assets in Shelf.
Configuring Custom Fields for Assets
- Go to Settings
- Navigate to the Custom fields tab
- Click Add custom field
- Fill a name for the field
- Choose a field type
- Specify if the field is required or optional
- Specify if the field is active (Deactivating a field will no longer show it on the asset form and page)
- Fill a Help text (This text will function as a help text that is visible when filling the field)

Using Custom Fields
Using Custom Fields for a New Asset
- Go to Assets, click New asset
- Fill the required default and custom fields
- Click Save
Updating a Custom Field of an Existing Asset
- Go to Assets
- Select the asset of which you want to update the field
- Click Edit
- Update the field
- Click Save
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