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Create a Custom Field for a Custom Object in Data Cloud
Add custom fields to your custom objects. You can capture your unique business data by storing it in custom fields. When you create a custom field, you can configure where you want it to appear and optionally control security at the field level.
- Click Setup.
- Click Object Manager and select your custom object.
- Click Fields & Relationships.
- Click New.
- Select the field type, then click Next.
- Enter the field label and starting number, and then click Next.
- Select the profiles that can access the custom field, and then click Next.
- Select the Dynamic Forms-enabled Lightning record pages that should include the field, then
click Next.If you don’t have any Dynamic Forms-enabled Lightning record pages for the object, this step doesn’t appear.
- Select the page layouts where you want to add the custom field.
- Click Save.

