# Number of fields in Contact Field

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 18, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109 "2024-05-18T09:14:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mojo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mojo/32/543_2.png) [@mojo](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mojo)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109/1 "2024-05-18T09:14:48Z")

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Hello

I would like to ask about the mode of saving data from forms in Mautic.  
I have some trouble understanding this process.  
For example, I have 4 separate forms for clients where they can sign up for our company’s services.

In each of them we ask for your name, e-mail address and the start date of the service.  
In the form I need to select which fields will be connected in “Contact Field”  
Usually it is Email=email, Name=first name, telephone number=telephone number.

I created one new field “Service Start\_date” in the Contact Field and assigned it in the form to the Customer Service Start Date=“Service Start\_date” field in the Contact Field

However, I have 4 forms.  
Do I need to create 4 separate “Service Start\_data” in Contact Field type  
“Start\_date service\_formularz\_1”,  
“Start\_date service\_formularz\_2”,  
“Start\_date service\_formularz\_3”,  
“Start\_date service\_formularz\_4”  
will the system assign a different date to each separate request and only 1 field “Start\_date service\_formularz” is enough or must there be 4 fields in the Contact Field, one for each form?

In other words, each new form that we create and make available to clients requires creating new fields for it in the “Contact Field”, apart from name, surname and email (because it does not change)?

Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109/2 "2024-05-20T06:35:47Z")

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If you are trying to overwrite the same information (firsname, email, etc) You don’t need to connect the field with a new custom fields.

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**Author:** ![mojo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mojo/32/543_2.png) [@mojo](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mojo)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109/3 "2024-05-20T08:10:38Z")

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Thank you for your help and reply.  
Just as I thought. Each form, each new field, is a corresponding new field in “CF”.  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/1X/43c63600fe51440378769136903f1fa2a9a34102.png) [@system](https://forum.mautic.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/number-of-fields-in-contact-field/32109/4 "2024-05-21T20:11:17Z")

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