Athento has several types of fields, to make it possible to record different types of data.
For example, if you want to record dates, you must create a field of type "Date".
of type "Date". You can see the available data types list when creating a new field. 
Available field types
| Type | Description | 
| Text | Alfanumeric information | 
| Number | Numbers | 
| Date time | Dates and hours | 
| Date | Only dates. | 
| Text area | Long text | 
| Boolean | Allows you to check or uncheck a field. Internally, the data is stored as True (checked) o False (unchecked). | 
| Link | Stores a URL. | 
| Button | Adds a button to a form | 
| File | Allows linking to another document in Athento. More info | 
| Autoincrement | Auto-increment allows a unique number to be generated automatically when a document is created into Athento. | 
| Table of items | Stores tabular information, organized in rows and columns. | 
| Choice | List of options where the user can only select one option | 
| Multichoice | List of options where the user can select several options | 
| Stores an email address | |
| Code | Reads QR or bar codes | 
Subtypes of fields
A list of options can be of several types of data. You can set the field subtype from the field configuration.

| Subtype | Description | 
| User | Allows you to select a user from a specific group. | 
| 
 Groups  | 
Allows you to select a group of users. | 
| 
 Mastertables dictionary  | 
 Allows you to use a list created in Mastertables. More info  | 
| 
 Internal dictionary  | 
Allows using a dictionary of terms previously created on Athento. More info. | 
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