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title: "Entity Materials"
slug: "entity-materials"
status: "new"
updated: 2026-07-01T16:44:44Z
published: 2026-07-01T16:44:44Z
canonical: "knowledge.technolutions.net/entity-materials"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Entity Materials

> [!TIP]
> 🏔️ Summit 2026 Feature
> 
> Attach materials directly to entity records so supporting files stay with the entity they describe.

Entity materials let you associate a [material type](/v1/docs/materials-overview) with a specific [entity](/v1/docs/entities-overview). After the material type is scoped to the entity, you can add a material uploader to that entity widget form so users can upload, review, and remove files from the entity row.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Material uploader on an entity-scoped form.png)

You can use entity widgets to:

**Admissions 🪪**

Store a scholarship committee memo or award letter on the scholarship entity row rather than on the general applicant materials tab.

**Student Success 🎓**

Attach an advising plan, accommodation document, or appeal file to the specific advising or support entity row it supports.

**Advancement 🤝**

Attach prospect research, campaign documentation, or fund documentation to the entity row that tracks the relationship, opportunity, or committee membership.

## Creating an entity-scoped material type

1. Go to **Database** → **Materials**.
2. Select **Insert**, or edit an existing material type.
3. Configure the material type settings, including the name, key, status, and access settings.
4. For **Scope**, select **Entity**.
5. For **Entity**, select the entity that should use this material type.
6. Select **Save**.

📖 [Materials](/v1/docs/materials-overview)

## Adding a material uploader to an entity widget form

1. Go to **Forms**.
2. Open the entity widget form used by the entity.
3. Select **Edit Form**.
4. Select **Material Uploader** from the form builder palette.
5. Select the entity-scoped material type that should be available from the uploader.
6. If the material type does not appear, return to the material type and confirm that **Scope** is set to **Entity** and that **Entity** matches the form's entity widget scope.
7. Configure the remaining uploader settings, including the label, upload type, help text, upload limit, layout, and options.
8. Place the uploader where users should manage the file, such as in a custom section or widget tab.
9. Select **Save**.

📖 [Material uploader](/v1/docs/form-palette#material-uploader)

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Entity scoped form with material uploader.png)

## Uploading and managing entity materials

1. Open a record that displays the entity widget.
2. Open or add the entity row where the material uploader appears.
3. Use the material uploader to upload the file.
4. Open the entity row or modal to review existing materials.
5. Select the remove control for a material that no longer belongs with the entity row.

📖 [Displaying entities on a record](/v1/docs/creating-and-displaying-entities)

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Add material to an entity on a record.png)