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Composed Custom Fields / Objects #5710

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adam commented 2025-12-29 19:31:42 +01:00
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Originally created by @apiening on GitHub (Nov 25, 2021).

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v3.0.11

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Proposed functionality

It would be very powerful to add a type "Composed / Object" to Custom Fields.
Instead of one single field, it would allow to add multiple custom fields as sub-entries, basically defining a custom model.
This would enable models to be extended not only with single fields, but with a variable list of entities with a custom type.

The only way to achieve this at the moment would require to develop a plugin, as far as I'm aware of.
But if you just want to extend a model with a sub-model consisting of Custom Fields, this would be a pretty complex task I guess.
Being able to extend a model with Custom Fields of type Composed / Object would make it much easier and flexible to do more complex model extensions.

Use case

Let's say I want to add Responsible Contacts to Devices.
Each Responsible Contact would consist of several fields, for example: Name, Email-Address, Phone Number, Hourly Rate.
It would allow me to add any number of Responsible Contacts to a device, each entry having the custom fields defined above.

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Originally created by @apiening on GitHub (Nov 25, 2021). ### NetBox version v3.0.11 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality It would be very powerful to add a type "**Composed / Object**" to Custom Fields. Instead of one single field, it would allow to add multiple custom fields as sub-entries, basically defining a custom model. This would enable models to be extended not only with single fields, but with a variable list of entities with a custom type. The only way to achieve this at the moment would require to develop a plugin, as far as I'm aware of. But if you just want to extend a model with a sub-model consisting of Custom Fields, this would be a pretty complex task I guess. Being able to extend a model with Custom Fields of type **Composed / Object** would make it much easier and flexible to do more complex model extensions. ### Use case Let's say I want to add **Responsible Contacts** to **Devices**. Each **Responsible Contact** would consist of several fields, for example: **Name**, **Email-Address**, **Phone Number**, **Hourly Rate**. It would allow me to add any number of **Responsible Contacts** to a device, each entry having the custom fields defined above. ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies _No response_
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adam commented 2025-12-29 19:31:42 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2021):

NetBox v3.1 adds support for JSON custom fields (see #7452) which may suit your needs. If you need something more structured than this, then a custom plugin is the way to go.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Nov 26, 2021): NetBox v3.1 adds support for JSON custom fields (see #7452) which may suit your needs. If you need something more structured than this, then a custom plugin is the way to go.
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