What can you set under Fields?

Answer

Fields are the questions of your own that a guest gets when reserving, such as dietary wishes or the occasion. You create them under Restaurant > Fields and link them to one or more reservation types.

Where to find it

Menu Restaurant > tab Fields (/Horeca). New: button Add > Fields. Existing field: click the line.

Explanation

For a field you first choose for which reservation types it is asked (tiles), then the kind of field, the name and the description, and then the settings. The questions appear in the last step of reserving, Guest details and information. You can add as many fields as you like. You choose the kind of field for a new field; for an existing field it is fixed. Kinds: Text box, Large text box, Period, Date, Checkbox, Selection box multiple choices, Radio button, Number field, Phone, Drop-down, Label, Link and Terms and conditions. For a Drop-down, Radio button and Selection box multiple choices you fill in the choices under Options, one option per line; if you put XXX after a line, that option is preselected. For Link you fill in the link to the website (starting with https://www) and a Link title; for Terms and conditions the link and the text the guest accepts.

Buttons and settings

Name	What it does	When you use it	Note
Type	The kind of field: what kind of answer you ask for, a text, a choice, a date or a time. For an existing field you can no longer change the kind.	When creating a field.	Choose carefully: converting is not possible, create a new field instead.
Name	The name of the field, at most 50 characters. This is the text the guest sees if Show field name is on Yes.	Always.	With more languages on you fill in the name per language.
Maximum number of characters	The counter at the name: the number of characters that still fit.	While typing.	-
Options	The choices of a Drop-down, Radio button or Selection box multiple choices. Each line is one option. For Link the link title is here and for Terms and conditions the link to the terms.	Only for the kinds with choices or a link; for other kinds the box is gone.	If XXX follows a line, that option is preselected.
Label	The tag of the field, by default {name in lowercase}. In an email template Jimani replaces the tag with the guest's answer.	If you want to see the answer back in an email.	A tag is required.
Required	With Yes the guest must fill in the field to complete the reservation. Default No.	For details you really need, such as a phone number for a group.	-
Show field name	With Yes the name of the field is above the input field. With No the guest sees the field without a name.	Set to No if the description is already clear enough.	-
List view	With Yes the answer is in the memo of the reservation overview.	If you want to see an answer, such as an allergy, right in the list.	If you set Show when booking manually to No, List view goes off.
Show when booking manually	With Yes the field is also in the windows for booking manually. Handy for questionnaires with a group reservation, for example for a wedding: you fill in all questions together with the guest.	For fields you also want to fill in yourself.	-
Show in widget	With Yes the guest sees the field while reserving via the widget.	Set to No for fields only you fill in.	You only see this choice with the add-on Online reservations.
Show only in quotation mode	With Yes the field is only shown for quotations. For normal reservations the field is hidden.	For questions that only belong with group quotations.	Only with the add-on Quotations. In the Reservation type window such a field has (Quotation) after the name.
Do you want to make this field dynamic?	With Yes this field is only shown if the guest made a certain choice in another field. This way the question only comes once an earlier question has an answer.	For example, only show the question about which diet when the guest says Yes to the question whether there are allergies.	Only with the add-on Dynamic reservation fields.
Which field is the main field?	The field whose answer determines whether this field is shown.	After Yes at dynamic.	Choose a field with choices.
Show this field when the following is selected	The value of the main field for which this field appears. You choose from the options of the main field.	After choosing the main field.	-
Active	A field that is not active is not asked, but remains with its answers. Only for an existing field.	To stop a field temporarily.	-

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Last checked: 2026-10-16

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