The Contact / Address tab contains a record’s contact and address information.

Contact settings

A record’s contact information is stored as Devices on the device table.

Default device types

By default, a new Slate database includes common device types: Primary Phone, Mobile Phone, Evening Phone, and Email Address. These can be customized using instructions in 📖 Customizing Prompts for Standard Fields.  

Default device fields

The default device fields are:

• Type - The device type (e.g. Email Address, Mobile Phone)

• Priority - Priority of this device (high, normal, low, inactive)

• Value - The phone number, email address, etc.

• Notes - Custom notes related to the device

Custom device types and fields

You can capture additional contact information, like social media accounts, school email addresses, and more by adding custom device types to your database.

In addition, custom device-scoped fields can be created to store additional information about the device using instructions in 📖 Customizing Standard Fields & Prompts.

Querying on devices

Query on devices by starting on a Related base of Device.

📖 See Joins for more information about which joins to select when connecting records to devices.

Address settings

📖 See Address Settings.

Difference between Permanent and Mailing Address

A Permanent Address is meant to remain unchanged. A Mailing Address includes a Temporary field option allowing records to denote if the address is temporary or a seasonal address. If the address is marked as temporary or seasonal, additional date datapoints are available.

Querying on Addresses

Query on addresses by starting on a Related base of Address.

📖 See Joins for more information about which joins to select when connecting records to addresses.