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title: "General Fields"
slug: "general-fields"
updated: 2025-04-15T20:13:11Z
published: 2025-04-15T20:13:11Z
canonical: "docs.team-tracks.com/general-fields"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.team-tracks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# General Fields

### Introduction

To create a **consolidated view of data from multiple tracks**, the first step is to **pull in shared data** from different tracks and **map it to a single field**. This allows you to retrieve and display related information from multiple sources in a unified way.

For example, if you want to track the **current state** of business objects across two different tracks, you can create a **General Field** called *State* and map it to the respective *current state* fields in each track. Whenever the *State* field is accessed, it will display the current status of objects from all mapped tracks.

### Create a General Field

To create a General Field:

1. **Navigate to General Fields:**
  - Go to the **Admin Interface**.
  - Open **General Configuration** → **General Fields**.
  - Click **Create New**.

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1. **Configure the General Field:**
  - **Name**: Enter a unique name for the general field.
  - **Add Field Mapping**:
    - Click the **"Add Field"** button.
    - A pop-up will appear where you can:
      - Select a **Track**.
      - Choose the **Field** from that track to map or share its data with the general field.
      - Similarly, you can map any number of fields from multiple tracks to this field.

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> [!NOTE]
> 📝 Note
> 
> The first field you map will define the data type of the general field.
> 
> For example, if your first mapped field is a Text Field, only Text Fields can be mapped from other tracks afterward.

- After mapping the fields, click **Create**.

You have successfully created a General Field that can pull and share data from different Tracks!

**History Tab**

All configuration changes are recorded in the **History tab** with detailed logs and timestamps for tracking.

### Steps to Initially Load Data into Shared (General) Fields

Once the **General Field** (shared field) has been created and mapped to specific fields across Tracks, follow the steps below to perform the initial data load.

> [!CAUTION]
> Note
> 
> This is a one-time process to populate the shared fields with existing data. If you add a new field to a shared field, you will need to perform this step again.

- **Select the checkbox** next to the shared field for which you want to pull in data.
- Once selected, a **green button** labeled **"Update all objects with shared fields"** will appear at the top. Click this button to initiate the update.
- The system will then **pull values from the mapped fields** in each Track and load them into the shared field.

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