# Create Custom Fields for Surveys

Custom fields are used with surveys to gather pieces of information about your partners. For example, if you frequently have use for collecting the date of birth of your partners, you can create a birthday custom field using the *date picker* question type.

#### Create custom fields

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This feature is on accessible to specific impact.com editions or add-ons. [Contact us](https://app.impact.com/support/portal.ihtml?createTicket=true) to upgrade your account and get access.
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1. From the top navigation bar, select ![](/files/2qeX6EqajzdOPiwzfeV5) **\[User profile]** → [**Settings**](https://app.impact.com/secure/advertiser/account-settings-flow.ihtml).
2. On the right under **Program**, go to the *Technical* section and select **Custom Fields**.
3. In the upper-right corner, select **Create Custom Fields**.
4. Complete the custom field information:
   * **Name:** Add a name to easily recognize this custom field when adding fields to a survey.
   * **Description:** Add a description for your custom field to describe the data representing the custom field. This description won't be visible to the partner.
   * **Display Type:** Choose the question type that would best capture the data for which you are looking.

<details>

<summary>Display types reference</summary>

| Display type  | Best used for                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Paragraph     | Open-ended questions that allow unique answers.                                                                                                  |
| Multi-select  | Questions that may include multiple answers. Respondents can select 1 or more options.                                                           |
| Dropdown list | Questions that require the user to select an option from a hidden dropdown menu with multiple answers. Respondents can select 1 or more options. |
| Single-select | Questions that require respondents to select only 1 option from a list.                                                                          |
| Date picker   | Questions that require a date as an answer.                                                                                                      |
| Number        | Questions that require a number as an answer.                                                                                                    |
| File          | Questions that require an attachment from the partner.                                                                                           |

</details>

5. Select **Save**.
   * You're now able to choose this custom field from the ![](/files/jA6jLZ1RleK5VI2zmvap) **\[Drop-down menu]** when creating a survey.

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**Note:** You can also create custom fields when [setting up a new survey](/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/reach-out-to-partners/surveys/create-a-partner-survey.md).
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