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title: Field types in Now Assist in Document Intelligence
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# Field types in Now Assist in Document Intelligence

The field type specifies the information that is retrieved from a document with Now Assist in Document Intelligence.

The following field types are available to administrators when configuring fields for use cases.

**Note:** Some field types convert the extracted value into a standard format. For more information, see [Data normalization](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/intelligent-experiences/data-normalization.md).

<table id="table_nql_cxs_12c"><thead><tr><th>

Field type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Boolean \(True/False\)

</td><td>

Holds a true/false value. In document Q&amp;A questions, the value is displayed as a yes or no answer. The answer can be followed by an explanation generated by Now Assist, if enabled by the admin.

 This field type is available for questions defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-question.png"\] Alt text: Boolean question field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Date

</td><td>

Date, displayed in the date format extracted from the document.

 This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-date.png"\] Alt text: Date field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Decimal

</td><td>

A number with up to two decimal places \(for example, 12.5 or 12.55\).

 This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-decimal.png"\] Alt text: Decimal field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Float \(floating point number\)

</td><td>

A number with up to seven decimal places \(for example, 12.0 to 12.0000000\).

 This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-float.png"\] Alt text: Float field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Integer

</td><td>

Whole number \(for example, 12\).

 This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-integer.png"\] Alt text: Integer field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Reference

</td><td>

A reference field stores a reference to a field on another table. For example, the Caller field on the Incident table is a reference to the User \[sys\_user\] table.

 For more information, see [Reference field type](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/c_ReferenceField.md).

 This field type is available for fields and tables defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-reference.png"\] Alt text: Reference field type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Text

</td><td>

Text field.

 This field type is available for fields, tables, and questions defined in the use case setup.

 \[Omitted image "docintel-na-field-text.png"\] Alt text: Text field type.

</td></tr></tbody>
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