# Custom field incremental values
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [March 26, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726 "2021-03-26T09:38:31Z")
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### Author:  [@antonio-lazzari](https://forum.mautic.org/u/antonio-lazzari)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726/1 "2021-03-26T09:38:32Z")
Hy folks,
I had a little problem. I have to increase the value of a custom field, it is the age of the contacts (number field) that must be updated every year. Has anyone found a way to do it quickly?
Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726/2 "2021-03-26T18:05:29Z")
I would also loved to see this feature.
> [@Custom field type "Number (Increment)" to sum up field value (i.e dollars spent)](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-type-number-increment-to-sum-up-field-value-i-e-dollars-spent/10334):
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> Description : If a user submits a form that has a field called, let’s say “Amount”, and then, later, submits the same form again, it would be really useful for marketing purpose, or as lead handover to sales, to be able to know the cumulative value passed in the field “Amount”. Example: We can imagine a custom field whose type is “Number (Increment)” (in complement of "Number) Let’s consider the custom field of type “Number (Increment)” named “Cumulative amount payed”. If the first form su…
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### Author:  [@antonio-lazzari](https://forum.mautic.org/u/antonio-lazzari)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726/3 "2021-03-26T18:47:32Z")
Yes me too, this could be a great feature.
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### Author:  [@antonio-lazzari](https://forum.mautic.org/u/antonio-lazzari)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/custom-field-incremental-values/18726/4 "2021-03-29T15:51:14Z")
Ok after some work I found a little workaround that should work. It takes some work. I describe it step by step.
1. Create a segment 1 that contains all the contacts that interest us
2. Create a segment 2 with filter on tag: change\_date
3. Create a campaign that takes the contacts from segment 1 and adds the change\_date tag. So after an interval of time that interests us (in my case 365 days) it starts again from the beginning
4. Create a campaign that takes the contacts of segment 2, modify the value of the field increasing it (simply with the conditions “if the field is equal to x” it overwrites it with y and so on … boring … I know). Then remove the change\_date tag
What do you think? Something less bizarre?