Field Types Overview
Copera Boards offer 29 distinct field types that let you capture, organize, and compute every kind of data your team works with. Whether you need simple text entries, financial tracking, people assignment, or powerful formula calculations, there is a field type designed for the job.
This page provides a high-level summary of every available field type, grouped into six categories. Use the links at the end of each section to jump to the detailed documentation for each group.
Basic Fields
The foundational building blocks for most boards. These fields handle the most common data entry scenarios.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Text | Single-line plain text for names, titles, short descriptions |
| Paragraph | Rich text with formatting support for longer content |
| Number | Numeric values with configurable decimal places, separators, and abbreviations |
| Checkbox | Simple true/false toggle for binary states |
| Date | Date and date-time values with multiple display formats |
| Duration | Time-based numeric values for tracking elapsed time |
Selection Fields
Fields that let you categorize and label items using predefined options with color coding.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Status | Single-select with grouped statuses (Todo, In Progress, Done) and color-coded options |
| Dropdown | Single-select from a custom list of options |
| Labels | Multi-select tags with colored labels for flexible categorization |
Learn more about Selection Fields
People & Relations
Fields for assigning team members and creating relationships between rows across tables.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Users | Assign one or more workspace members to a row |
| Linking | Connect rows to rows in another table to create relationships |
| Lookup | Pull and display data from linked rows in another table |
| Rollup | Aggregate data from linked rows using functions like sum, count, or average |
Learn more about People & Relations
Contact Fields
Dedicated fields for storing contact information with built-in validation and click-to-action behavior.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Email addresses with validation and click-to-compose | |
| Phone | Phone numbers with click-to-call support |
| Website | URLs with click-to-open behavior |
| Location | Physical addresses or location descriptions |
Learn more about Contact Fields
Advanced Fields
Specialized field types for handling money, files, buttons, passwords, and auto-generated identifiers.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Money | Currency values supporting BRL, USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, BTC, and ETH |
| File | Attach one or more files to a row |
| Link Button | A button that opens a linked row form for quick data entry |
| Password | Masked text field for storing sensitive information |
| Autonumber | Automatically incrementing identifier with optional prefix |
Learn more about Advanced Fields
Computed Fields
Read-only fields that derive their values automatically from other data in your board.
| Field Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Formula | Custom calculations using a formula language with arithmetic, text, date, and logical functions |
| Function | Column-level aggregations such as sum, average, median, min, max, and count |
| Tracker | Progress tracking based on numeric values |
| Created Time | Automatically records when the row was created |
| Modified Time | Automatically records when the row was last updated |
| Created By | Displays the user who created the row |
| Last Modified By | Displays the user who last modified the row |
Learn more about Computed Fields
Next Steps
- Explore any of the category pages linked above to learn the configuration options for each field type.
- If you are setting up a board for the first time, start with Basic Fields and Selection Fields to build a solid foundation before adding relational or computed fields.