# How to create custom field ?

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679>\
**Category:** International (English Only)\
**Tags:** general\
**Created:** [4. Juli 2017 um 05:23 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679 "2017-07-04T05:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![joycopper007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joycopper007](https://forum.shopware.com/u/joycopper007)\
**Post date:** [4. Juli 2017 um 05:23 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679/1 "2017-07-04T05:23:45Z")

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Hi

How to create custom field under Customers-\> Orders-\> Communication tab. Actually I’ve created one field in s\_order table to store transaction details and I want to display transaction details under Communication tab, so it should reflect in frontend order history also. How to achive this…?

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**Author:** ![Moritz\_Naczenski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.shopware.com/moritz_naczenski/32/7792_2.png) [@Moritz\_Naczenski](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Moritz_Naczenski)\
**Post date:** [4. Juli 2017 um 05:47 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679/2 "2017-07-04T05:47:05Z")

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You should never extend the Core-tables, use the \_attribute tables for your individual fields (that is their purpose), because otherwhise you might face some difficulties updaing shopware and using plugins.

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**Author:** ![joycopper007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joycopper007](https://forum.shopware.com/u/joycopper007)\
**Post date:** [4. Juli 2017 um 05:51 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679/3 "2017-07-04T05:51:29Z")

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Thank you,

but how I will display display extra \_attribute table field value under Customers-\> Orders-\> Communication tab and front end order history…?

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**Author:** ![simkli](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.shopware.com/simkli/32/13124_2.png) [@simkli](https://forum.shopware.com/u/simkli)\
**Post date:** [4. Juli 2017 um 13:34 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-create-custom-field/46679/4 "2017-07-04T13:34:46Z")

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There is a tutorial about this topic at&nbsp;[https://developers.shopware.com/developers-guide/attribute-system](https://developers.shopware.com/developers-guide/attribute-system)

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