Answers.Body: <p>One answer is to create a set of fields, set to use for 'cases', then add your six text fields to that set, then set up a webform that is set to Create or Edit a Case, and display those fields.</p>
  
  <p>That said, I can't quite picture your use-case.</p>
  
  <p>You say "Maybe I just create 6 text fields, each one with an associated drop down select with the funder's targets".</p>
  
  <p>It may help if you can provide a specific example in your question.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I've created a custom field set for each mentoring goal, and if there are just 3/4 goals this seems to work, so I can have other fields added to those sets.  Thanks for the suggestion!
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Body: <p>My question sounds simple, but... to explain. We are using Civicase to manage mentoring.  I want to add from 1 to 6 mentoring goals for each case - these would be text fields individual to each case.  When the mentoring is completed (months later) the goals are then 'picked' as ones which best matched to our funder's 4 targets. My problem is that I can't see a custom field to hold these goals that would do this or just lack the imagination on how to manipulate Civi to achieve this! I'm using 4.7 with Drupal, have about 5 years Civi experience but prefer not to code. Would a webform be the answer? Maybe I just create 6 text fields, each one with an associated drop down select with the funder's targets - but that seems a bit clumsy.  It seems that what I need to do is to allow the user to enter data into a select box, but that doesn't seem possible with custom fields.</p>
  
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Title: How to add a custom field in Civicase that can be retrieved later?
ThreadText: # How to add a custom field in Civicase that can be retrieved later?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-09)
  
  My question sounds simple, but... to explain. We are using Civicase to manage mentoring. I want to add from 1 to 6 mentoring goals for each case - these would be text fields individual to each case. When the mentoring is completed (months later) the goals are then 'picked' as ones which best matched to our funder's 4 targets. My problem is that I can't see a custom field to hold these goals that would do this or just lack the imagination on how to manipulate Civi to achieve this! I'm using 4.7 with Drupal, have about 5 years Civi experience but prefer not to code. Would a webform be the answer? Maybe I just create 6 text fields, each one with an associated drop down select with the funder's targets - but that seems a bit clumsy. It seems that what I need to do is to allow the user to enter data into a select box, but that doesn't seem possible with custom fields.
  
  **Tags:** drupal, custom-fields, webform-civicrm, civicase, 4.7
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-09. Score: 1
  
  One answer is to create a set of fields, set to use for 'cases', then add your six text fields to that set, then set up a webform that is set to Create or Edit a Case, and display those fields.
  
  That said, I can't quite picture your use-case.
  
  You say "Maybe I just create 6 text fields, each one with an associated drop down select with the funder's targets".
  
  It may help if you can provide a specific example in your question.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I've created a custom field set for each mentoring goal, and if there are just 3/4 goals this seems to work, so I can have other fields added to those sets.  Thanks for the suggestion!  
  
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