You can use the Vendor Custom Fields setting in the Control Panel to add and manage the Custom fields to store additional information about vendors.

The custom fields for vendors can be displayed on Custom reports.

To access the Vendor Custom Fields setting, click the following icon.

This will open the following form.

SI has 24 Custom fields for vendors.

To add a new custom field for vendors:

1/ Click New.

2/ Select the type of field.

Over time, you will see how many fields are already in use and how many are available.

3/ Add a name for the field.

4/ To reorder the fields, use the Move Up button and the Move Down button.

5/ Click Save.

When adding a List type field, you can click Manage in the List section in the menu and add the options that should be displayed in the dropdown.

You can use the Move Up button and the Move Down button to order the options and set the case of the text in the options.

The custom fields for vendors are shown under the Custom Fields tab in the New Vendor form.

You can add value to a field when adding a vendor or editing their details.

Vendor Custom fields can also be added to the CSV file used to import vendors to SI.

Check out this article for more details.