Answers.Body: <p>Multi-value fields can only be created on the Contact entity, which may be what's confusing.  Here are the steps (with screenshots):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>Administer menu » Customize Data and Screens » Custom Fields</strong>.</li>
  <li>Click <strong>Add Set of Custom Fields</strong>.</li>
  <li>Set <em>Used For</em> to "Contacts".</li>
  <li>Check the box <em>Does this Custom Field Set allow multiple records?</em></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/DBQDg.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/DBQDg.png" alt="Create custom field set"></a>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8Yo9T.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8Yo9T.png" alt="Select multi-value checkbox"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Note that there is [an extension under development](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/20247/multiple-values-for-custom-fields-in-activities) to allow multi-value custom fields on activities as well.
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Answers.Body: <p>Seems to be a duplicate of <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/9557/edit-multi-value-multi-record-fields-in-profiles?rq=1">Edit Multi-Value / Multi-Record Fields in Profiles</a></p>
  
  <p>It's only possible to add multiple-value field in profile in edit mode (not in create mode), i.e. the contact must already exists in the database and the link should be <a href="https://example.org/civicrm/profile/edit?gid=XX&amp;reset=1&amp;id=YY" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://example.org/civicrm/profile/edit?gid=XX&amp;reset=1&amp;id=YY</a> with XX=<code>profile ID</code> and YY=<code>contact ID</code>. </p>
  
  <p>You might want to add a checksum if you don't want your user to log in.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT 2018-10-09</strong>: checksum doesn't work because the link to the edit popup doesn't get the checksum</p>
  
  <p><strong>For reference</strong>, the documentation that is mentioned in the question is : </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/#multi-value-fields-in-profiles" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/#multi-value-fields-in-profiles</a></p>
    
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Body: <p>Can someone explain to me step by step, please, how to create the multivalue fields illustrated in the User Guide under the title Multi-value fields in profiles? (It shows work experience list, but I wish to use it for something else. However I do not understand even how to create this work experience list!)
  Thanks!
  Mike Somorjay</p>
  
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Comments.Text: We avoid multi-value fields where we can by adding them as standard fields to an Activity type and hence being able to record the data multiple times - just a thought for others reading this if they hit obstacles
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Title: Multi-value fields in profile
ThreadText: # Multi-value fields in profile
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-16)
  
  Can someone explain to me step by step, please, how to create the multivalue fields illustrated in the User Guide under the title Multi-value fields in profiles? (It shows work experience list, but I wish to use it for something else. However I do not understand even how to create this work experience list!)
  Thanks!
  username_0 username_0
  
  **Tags:** profile
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: We avoid multi-value fields where we can by adding them as standard fields to an Activity type and hence being able to record the data multiple times - just a thought for others reading this if they hit obstacles  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-18. Score: 1
  
  Multi-value fields can only be created on the Contact entity, which may be what's confusing. Here are the steps (with screenshots):
  
  * **Administer menu » Customize Data and Screens » Custom Fields**.
  * Click **Add Set of Custom Fields**.
  * Set *Used For* to "Contacts".
  * Check the box *Does this Custom Field Set allow multiple records?*
  
  [![Create custom field set](https://i.sstatic.net/DBQDg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/DBQDg.png)
  [![Select multi-value checkbox](https://i.sstatic.net/8Yo9T.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8Yo9T.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Note that there is [an extension under development](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/20247/multiple-values-for-custom-fields-in-activities) to allow multi-value custom fields on activities as well.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-10-09. Score: 0
  
  Seems to be a duplicate of [Edit Multi-Value / Multi-Record Fields in Profiles](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/9557/edit-multi-value-multi-record-fields-in-profiles?rq=1)
  
  It's only possible to add multiple-value field in profile in edit mode (not in create mode), i.e. the contact must already exists in the database and the link should be <https://example.org/civicrm/profile/edit?gid=XX&reset=1&id=YY> with XX=`profile ID` and YY=`contact ID`.
  
  You might want to add a checksum if you don't want your user to log in.
  
  **EDIT 2018-10-09**: checksum doesn't work because the link to the edit popup doesn't get the checksum
  
  **For reference**, the documentation that is mentioned in the question is :
  
  > <https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/profiles/#multi-value-fields-in-profiles>
  >
  > [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YTIel.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YTIel.png)
  
  
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