[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # additional product information ## - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago - 14 years 11 months ago [\#30819](#30819) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") *[additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#30819 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* was created by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat Last edit: 14 years 11 months ago by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86555 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#30843](#30843) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#30843 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* Hi, You can create custom fields of the table "item" via the menu Display->Custom fields. They will be displayed on the product pages and you will be able to restrict them to only some categories of products. That is only possible in the Business edition. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31471](#31471) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Replied by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31471 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* I am working on this right now and not getting anywhere. I have the business edition. I went to item and create a custom field called test. I checked the front end and back end form and back end listing options (not sure what they do) and it is published. Now how do I put it on a product? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31472](#31472) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Replied by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31472 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* OK it showed up and now I understand it is not per product but per category. Is that correct? I can't show these fields per product but only per category? Last edit: 14 years 11 months ago by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31473](#31473) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Replied by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31473 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* OK how can I add a value to the custom field through ajax? So when I add a product via url can i set the custom fields and characteristics some how? It appears that the field I create at the item level gets added to the hikashop_cart_product Would it be hard for you to modify the code to allow these custom fields to be changed via ajax? or for me to change it in the code where would I look? [ domain.com/index.php?option=com\_hikashop...oduct\_id=11&test=aaa](https://domain.com/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=updatecart&quantity=1&checkout=1&product_id=11&test=aaa) Last edit: 14 years 11 months ago by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile"). Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86555 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31480](#31480) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31480 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* The custom fields "front end" option should be turned on to be displayed on the product page. You can indeed only assign the custom fields to categories. However, you can always create a dummy category that you would leave unpublished and add that category to one product and to your field so that the field would be displayed only for that product. You can add values for custom fields in the add to cart URL as explained there: [ www.hikashop.com/support/forum/2-general...s.html?lang=en#16220](http://www.hikashop.com/support/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/16216-add-to-cart-link-and-custom-product-fields.html?lang=en#16220) For the characteristics, you need to give the id of the variant instead of the id of the product in the URL. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31482](#31482) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Replied by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31482 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* Great, Thank you!!!! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")** - [![Mat's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/4216-mat) Less More - Posts: 217 - Thank you received: 1 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31499](#31499) by [Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile") Replied by *[Mat](/forum/user/4216-mat "View Mat's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31499 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* What does the core option do? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86555 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 11 months ago [\#31524](#31524) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: additional product information](/forum/4-how-to/30819-additional-product-information#31524 "Hi Nic, I have several products that require additional information from the customer, specifically their Spouse's Name. I was going to add this as an additional field to the checkout but I realise that not all products require this information, only some. What is the best way to capture this additional information for these products? Thanks, Mat")* It's just an indicator of whether the field is a field provided by default in HikaShop or not. Core fields cannot be deleted as the system might rely on them in some places. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzMwODE5LWFkZGl0aW9uYWwtcHJvZHVjdC1pbmZvcm1hdGlvbj90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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