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title: "Field types"
date: "2025-07-28T10:39:36+00:00"
summary: "Explore Acquia Source's diverse field types for Drupal, enhancing content flexibility and precision in your CMS."
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Acquia Source offers the following field types to accommodate various data needs, ensuring flexibility and precision in content management:

**Field type**

**Description**

**Examples**

**Configuration options**

**Text fields**

Plain text

Single-line text without formatting

Titles, names, short answers

Length limits, text processing

Formatted text

Rich text with HTML formatting

Body content, formatted descriptions

Text format, summary settings

Text (plain, long)

Multi-line text without formatting

Summaries, descriptions, unformatted content

Number of rows, length limits

**Reference fields**

Reference

Links to other content, media, taxonomy terms, or users

Related content, categorization, authorship

Entity types to reference, reference method

**Number fields**

Number

Store numeric values

Quantities, counts, measurements, prices

Min/max values, precision, prefix/suffix, integer/decimal/float

**Date fields**

Date and time

Stores date with optional time information

Publication dates, event schedules, deadlines

Format, time zone handling, date only vs. with time

**Boolean fields**

Boolean

True/false values

Toggles, flags, simple options

On/off labels, default value

**Link fields**

Link

URL with optional link text

External resources, downloads, related sites

Link attributes, validation

**Media fields**

Media

References to media entities

Images, documents, videos, audio

Media types to include, display settings

**Selection list**

Selection list

Choose from predefined options

Categories, statuses, types

List of options, single/multiple selection

**Email**

Email

Validated email addresses

Contact information, subscriptions

Validation settings