Fields

In the last section, we learned about the parts of a template and how they can include references to your data using curly brackets, like {first_name}. Now we're going to learn how to create those references with "fields."

What is a Field?

A field is how you define a type of data that you want to store and use in Entry Point AI. Fields can be used in multiple places, including templates and transforms.

If you have a spreadsheet of data, the field name is equivalent to your column header. Fields also consist of a reference and a type.

There are four types of Fields in Entry Point:

• Text (default)

• URL

• Predefined Option: a list of possible values (like a dropdown)

• Number

Field References and Values

The field reference is a lowercase word or series of words, separated by underscores instead of spaces (camel case). It's how to refer to your field in a template, like a variable.

Examples of field references:

• input

• output

• user_inquiry

• first_name

• list_of_recommendations

When you use a reference in a template, the actual values for a field are get inserted to replace the field reference for prompts and training. It's like a placeholder.

For example, if you reference a field using {first_name}, then the value might be Bob or Linda. Any field you create will end up having many different possible values.

Going back to our spreadsheet analogy, the field value is what we'd see for each cell in a column.