Custom Item Field not showing up on form

Question

I have 2 custom item fields that will not show up on my custom item form. I have moved them to the main tab, primary information and saved to the custom form. When I go to the form they do not show up. They show up in the inline edit view of the item list but I cannot edit them there.

I have checked all of the following.

• permission level of items set to Edit for both access and searching
• I have made sure the display type is normal
• The custom list are populated
• my user role is administrator
• the form I am customizing is the same form I am viewing
• I am using the correct custom field (i.e item, as I created from the form customization window)
• I have logged out and logged back in
• I have tried using multiple select instead of list (these are both custom list)

What am I missing?

Answer 1

After a little trial and error, I found that I needed to select Assembly/Bill Of materials (I selected Subtype of Both purchase and sale). My assumption was that because the field was available to the Form Customization ui that I had selected everything I needed.

steps to fix:

• Edit Custom Item Field
• Applies To (subtab)
• Assembly/Bill Of Materials (checkbox)

In short the lesson learned: just because it is available in the item customization ui field list, does not mean it is available to the item form itself.