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description: 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.
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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.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>All Editions</strong> supported by Data 360. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_dc_editions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Data 360 is available in several supported Salesforce editions. Some Data 360 features also require additional licenses.">Data 360 edition availability</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

1. Click **Setup**.
2. Click **Object Manager** and select your custom object.
3. Click **Fields & Relationships**.
4. Click **New**.
5. Select the field type, then click **Next**.
6. Enter the field label and starting number, and then click **Next**.
7. Select the profiles that can access the custom field, and then click **Next**.
8. 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.
9. Select the page layouts where you want to add the custom field.
10. Click **Save**.