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description: Add custom fields to the Account object to store aggregated collections data, such as total initial due amount, total current total due amount, total payments received, and average days past due. Set field-level security to these fields.
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# Create Custom Account Fields for Collections Summary

Add custom fields to the Account object to store aggregated collections data, such as total initial due amount, total current total due amount, total payments received, and average days past due. Set field-level security to these fields.

### 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: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.collections_editions_permissions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Review the supported products, editions, and permissions for Collections. Then learn how your product handles permissions and how to assign them.">View product and edition availability.</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d14343e68">User Permissions Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d14343e68 ">To create custom fields on the Account object:</td>

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              <p>Collections and Recovery Admin permission set</p>
              <p>And</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Customize Application
                permission</p>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d14343e68 ">To set field-level security for custom fields:</td>

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              <p>Collections and Recovery Admin permission set</p>
              <p>And</p>
              <p>Manage Profiles and Permission Sets permission</p>
              <p>And</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Customize Application permission</p>
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Make sure that you create these custom fields with the specified API names and data types. If you plan to use different API names, make sure to update the custom field references in the predefined Data Processing Engine definition.

 
| Custom Field API Name | Data Type |
| --- | --- |
| AccountTotalCurrentDueAmount | Currency (Length: 16, Decimal Places: 2) |
| AccountTotalInitialDueAmount | Currency (Length: 16, Decimal Places: 2) |
| AccountTotalPaymentsReceived | Currency (Length: 16, Decimal Places: 2) |
| AccountAverageDaysPastDue | Number (Length: 9, Decimal Places: 0) |

The custom fields that you create are referenced in the predefined Data Processing Engine definition's writeback object configuration.

1. To store the key collections metrics, [create the custom fields on the Account object](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.adding_fields.htm&language=en_US).
2. Set the [field-level security for the newly created custom fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.users_fields_fls.htm&language=en_US) on the Account object.