The Data Field Manager allows you to update field properties and view your fields and usage in one place. You can also use the Data Field Manager to permanently delete fields from the template record, which helps avoid confusion between unused fields on the design.

The master structure containing the fields and settings for a pass design.

The interface used to visually create and modify the appearance of a digital pass.

The unique identifier assigned to a data field, often used for API interactions.

A set of rules and specifications that software applications can follow to communicate with each other.

A lightweight data-interchange format used for representing structured data.

Customisations applied to a specific platform's (e.g., Google Wallet) display of a field.

A notification displayed on a device's lock screen when a field is updated.

A date displayed in relation to the current time (e.g., "in 2 days").

A date displayed with a specific date and time (e.g., "December 25, 2024").

The ability to prevent automatic link generation for text fields.

The data Field Manager can be access from the left hand menu when viewing the designer.

When viewing the pass designer, click on the Data Field Manager icon.

This displays the field key. This is useful to identify fields where the label may not be descriptive, and for use with the API.

This displays where the field is currently being used.

Protocol Field - These are fields specific to the pass type you have selected.

PII Field - This field is for PII data (Personally Identifiable Information), which is any data that can be used to identify a specific individual. These fields are encrypted on our servers.

Static Field - These fields are custom fields, which can hold data that is the same for all passes.

Meta Field - These field contain data which can be different for each individual pass.

Universal Field - A predefined field that can hold a static data.

This displays the label of the field.

Clicking on the Field row will open the editor

The editor has 4 tabs.

Here you can edit the,

Label - This is the field label displayed on the pass design

Link Generator - Used to create pretty links to use in Apple Wallet text fields

Default Value - The default value (mainly used for static fields)

Delete Field - This permanently deletes the field from the template

Here you can edit specific Apple Wallet settings for the field.

Is Relative Date - This value determines whether a date is displayed as a relative date (e.g., "in 5 minutes," "yesterday") or as an absolute date (e.g., "October 26, 2023").

Change Message - This is the message that is shown on the device lock screen when a field is updated.

Data Field - This applies to Date/Time fields and will determine the style in which the date is shown

Link Suppression - This allows you to disable Apple Wallet automatically creating links from properly formatted text, like addresses, dates, URL's (which haven't used <a> tags and phone numbers.

This will show how the field is displayed in the Google Wallet template override section. Useful for developers and diagnosing template issues.

This shows the specific field JSON that is used in the template. Useful for developers and diagnosing template issues.

Click on the Field row to open the editor

Make any changes, then click Done when finished. Click save to save all changes.

This action will permanently delete the field from the pass, and the template.

Click on the Field row to open the editor, then click on DELETE to delete the field and confirm you wish to delete the field.