[Update] Data Fields: v2

Last updated: August 3, 2026

This article was originally published in our old Freshdesk knowledgebase, dated June 2025.

This article details changes to the Data Field creation modal.

Motivation

We recognise that the old + Add Data Field UI was a little confusing. The new UI has been designed to be easier to understand, less intimidating to use, and more descriptive about where your embedded data field values are coming from and what sources are available to you.

What changed?

  • UI: The Institute → Data fields → + Add Data Field modal has been overhauled.

  • UI: The + Add Data Field has been renamed to + Create data field.

  • UI: The Survey → Data fields tab has been renamed to Survey → Embedded data fields in order to distinguish them from institute-wide data field definitions.

  • UI: The tables displaying all of your data fields have been updated in the following locations:

    • [Institute/Department/Personal Surveys] → Data fields

    • Survey → Embedded data fields

  • UI: Clarification for the ‘Copyability’ of a data field has been added to the new tables. See the 📄 Copying Assignmentsguide for more information.

  • Functionality: Data fields created through the new modal (’v2 data fields’) will be functionally equivalent to their old counterparts (’v1 data fields’).

  • Functionality: Existing v1 data fields will be unaffected and will still work in both existing and new surveys.

New ‘Create Data Field’ modal

See the images below for a comparison of the old vs. new 'Create Data Field' modal. 

Fig 1. A screenshot of the old ‘+ Add Data Field’ modal in Qualtrics LTI.

Fig 2. An animation showing the new ‘+ Create data field’ modal. New elements include the ‘Value’ sub-header, within which are the ‘Retrieved on’ and ‘Data source’ radio buttons and a ‘Source configuration’ sub-header, within which is shown the Custom field’s ‘Field name’ input box.

As seen in Fig 2, the new UI has removed the radio buttons for ‘Fixed’, ‘Teacher Selection’, and ‘Student Selection’, as well as the dropdown menu. We felt that these no longer described embedded data fields in the best and most intuitive way. 

Please see our updated 📄 Embedded Data Fields Guide for a detailed explanation of the elements.

What about my existing data fields?

Don't worry, they will still work! Every existing (v1) data field can be recreated with an equivalent new (v2) data field — but for the time being, we have left your v1 data fields alone.

At a later date, an automatic migration will take place to convert v1 data fields to their v2 equivalents. This won’t require any action on your part.

Mapping

Old (v1)

New (v2)

Fixed → User parameter

Student launch → Custom field

Fixed → Text value

Student launch → Text value

Fixed → API value

Assignment Setup → API value

Fixed → API value → Custom…

Assignment Setup → API value → Custom…

Fixed → Custom user data

Student launch → API value

Teacher Selection → Text list

Assignment Setup → Text selection

Teacher Selection → API list

Assignment Setup → API selection

Student Selection → Text list

Student launch → Text selection

Student Selection → API list

Student launch → API selection

Feedback

Feedback helps us to continuously improve Qualtrics LTI. If you would like to give us your thoughts on this feature, please reach out to our support team below. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to support: support@drieam.com.