Standard Field Types | Yext Hitchhikers Platform

Each field is defined by a type. These are the standard field types available in the Yext platform.

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The default validation for each field type is displayed in the table below. For any new custom fields using a standard field type, the default validation will be set unless alternate validation is configured by the user. For more on creating custom fields, see the Custom Fields unit.
Type Description Available Validation
Call-to-Action Call to Action with label and link Label character length (up to 255), Link character length (up to 2,000)
Complex Photo Photo with built-in caption, details, clickthrough URL & alternate text Aspect Ratio, Min Width/Height
Complex Photo Gallery Gallery of Photos with built-in caption, details, clickthrough URL & alternate text Aspect Ratio, Min Width/Height, Item count (up to 500)
Complex Video YouTube (and YouTube Shorts) URL with built-in description Description character length (up to 140)
Complex Video Gallery Gallery of YouTube URLs with built-in description Description character length (up to 140), Item count (up to 100)
Daily Times Daily times field n/a
Date Date field Date Range
Entity Relationship List of related entities with the option to select a One Way, Two Way (Shared Field), or Two Way (Distinct Field) relationship type Selectable Entity Types, Item Count (up to 5,000)
Hours Daily Hours field n/a
Multi-Line Text Long-form text Character length (up to 100,000)
Multi-Option Select Option field where user can select multiple options Available Options, Item count (up to 2,000)
Number Numeric field Number Range
Photo Photo with alternate text Aspect Ratio, Min Width/Height
Photo Gallery Gallery of Photos with alternate text Aspect Ratio, Min Width/Height, Item count (up to 500)
Price Price Field n/a
Rich Text Rich text field with formatting Type of formatting (bold, italics, underline, bulleted list, numbered list, hyperlink, code block), Character length (up to 100,000)
Single-Line Text Short-form text Character length (up to 100,000)
Single-Option Select Option field where user can select only one option Available Options
Slug A short, reader-friendly label at the end of a URL that typically acts as an identifier, e.g., hitchhikers.yext.com/docs Lowercase alpha-numerics and the following special characters: - . _ ~ : / [ ] @ ! $ ’ ( ) * + ; = “
Text-List List of text strings Character length (up to 100,000), Item count (up to 1,000)
URL Website URL Character length (up to 2,000)
Video YouTube (and YouTube Shorts) URL n/a
Video Gallery Gallery of YouTube (and YouTube Shorts) URLs Aspect Ratio, Min Width/Height, Item count (up to 100)
Yes / No Field with options Yes, No, or Unspecified n/a
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