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Title*How do I make a new field compulsory for new records only

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Created12/04/2021

DetailSo if you have a new field and only want it to be compulsory for new records, you can do the following:

Create a new field called Form Version:
1. Make it read only to everyone.
2. Set it to Choice Field type.
3. Add choice e.g. maybe todays date or month, maybe number for version.
4. Set that value as default.
5. Set Hide using style if you do not want people to set it.
Add the new compulsory field, then set it to be choice dependent on the Form Version field for the value you require it to be used on.

Old records will not have that value set, so will not show field, new records will do so will show the field. In future you can add more versions as required to support more combinations of new fields.