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Metadata for checklists

Location in the checklist

Metadata is located at the top of a checklist. Learn how to add metadata, here.

An example checklist with the metadata section at the top highlighted.
An example checklist with the metadata section at the top highlighted.

Mandatory or optional

Shows a red asterisk when a user fills it out.

An example of metadata showign the red asterisk which indicates the field is required.
An example of metadata showign the red asterisk which indicates the field is required.

Text only (for now)

Currently, the only metadata field type is text.

An example checklist with the metadata section highlighted.
An example checklist with the metadata section highlighted.

Offer suggestions to users (optional)

You can select whether or not you want your metadata field to offer suggestions to your users or not.

Unlimited

You can have as many metadata fields on a checklist as you want.

Placeholder (optional)

When you create a metadata text field, you can have a placeholder value. Users will see this when they fill the checklist out.

An example checklist with placeholder text in a metadata field.
An example checklist with placeholder text in a metadata field.

Preset value (optional)

You can also populate a preset value which users will see when they fill a checklist out.

An example checklist with a preset value in a metadata field.
An example checklist with a preset value in a metadata field.

Planned enhancements

  • Ability to filter in checklist list for metadata
  • Search for checklist content and metadata
  • Erase suggestions from the dropdown menu easily

Use cases

  • Cleaning a hotel roomIf you have a checklist for cleaning a hotel room, metadata could ask for the cleaner, the location of the hotel, and the room number.
  • If you’re running a test in a pharmaceutical company, you may have information about the product, the specimen number, and the category.
  • Food safety under HACCP
  • Software deployments with version numbers, test people, …
  • Onboarding- and Offboarding-Checklists in HR

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