Field types
Updated Aug 31, 2026
A column's type decides how its values are entered, displayed and sorted.
Changing a type
Retyping a column does not convert the values already stored. The cells stay exactly as they are and the new type decides how they are read — so a column flipped to Number shows its unparseable cells blank, and flipping it back brings them straight back. Nothing is destroyed by changing your mind.
Column field types
| Type | What it holds | Available in a chip |
|---|---|---|
| Long Text | Multiple lines. | Yes |
| Text | A single line of text. | Yes |
| An email address. | Yes | |
| Multi Select | Any number of choices from a list you define. | Yes |
| Attachment | An uploaded file on the cell. | No — use a Data table |
| Checkbox | Ticked or not. | Yes |
| Number | A number, sorted numerically rather than alphabetically. | Yes |
| Phone | A phone number. | Yes |
| Date | A date, sorted as a date. | Yes |
| Money | A currency amount. | Yes |
| Link | A web address. | Yes |
| Select | One choice from a list you define. | Yes |