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title: "Space Settings: Test Step Fields"
canonical: "https://docs.getxray.app/space/XRAYCLOUD/44576393/Space%20Settings%3A%20Test%20Step%20Fields"
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As a Space administrator, you can define new Test Step Fields to use in the context of your Space.

All Spaces start with three Test Step Fields, **Action**,** Data **and <span style="color: #172b4d">**Expected Result**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">. These are the default Test Step fields and cannot be deleted, but can be set to optional/required or/and disabled with the exception of the </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Action **</span><span style="color: #172b4d">which is always a required field.</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">Each Space can have a maximum of six </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Test Step Fields **</span><span style="color: #172b4d">(including the default ones) and the fields can be of the following types:</span>

- <span style="color: #172b4d">Toggle Switch</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Date Picker</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Date Time Picker</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Number</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Radio Buttons</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Select List</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Select List (Multiple)</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Text</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">Text (Single Line)</span>
- <span style="color: #172b4d">User Picker</span>

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## <span style="color: #172b4d">Create a Test Step Field</span>

<span style="color: #172b4d">To create a new </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Test Step Field**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">, press the </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Create Test Step Field**</span><span style="color: #172b4d"> button, fill out the following fields, and press </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Create**</span><span style="color: #172b4d">:</span>

- **Type**: the type of the Test Step Field;
- **Name**: the name of the Test Step Field, which is always is **required**;
- **Description**: the description of the Test Step Field;
- **Required**: whether the Test Step Field is required when adding/creating a new Test Step to the Test Work Item;

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## Delete a Test Step Field

To delete a **Test Step Field**, press the "**...**" icon and then **Delete **option.

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<u><span style="color: #172b4d">Note</span></u><span style="color: #172b4d">: When a </span><span style="color: #172b4d">**Test Step Field **</span><span style="color: #172b4d">is deleted all its information will be removed from the Test Steps.</span>

## <span style="color: #172b4d">Edit a Test Step Field</span>

To edit a **Test Step Field**, press the "**...**" icon and then **Edit **option. You can change the **Name**, **Description** and whether the field is **Required** or not.

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Also, to change the order of the value options of a Select Field simply drag the options to the desired position.

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It is also possible to **Disable **the **Test Step Field**, which will hide the field in the Test Work Item, even if it already has a value, and to set it **Optional** or **Required** using the "**...**" icon.


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## Rerank a Test Step Field

It's possible to change the order of the **Test Step fields** by dragging the rows. The order of the test step fields in the configuration screen is the same that will be shown in the Tests Work Item screen.


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