What attribute data types are supported (text, number, date, dropdown, checkbox)?

Attribute definitions support standard data types: text, number, date, dropdown, and checkbox. A dropdown attribute carries its list of options (so "Colour" can offer Red/Blue/Black), while text/number/date capture free or typed values and a checkbox captures a boolean. Choosing the right type makes the attribute behave correctly in forms and, where applicable, in filtering — a dropdown…

Attribute definitions support standard data types: text, number, date, dropdown, and checkbox. A dropdown attribute carries its list of options (so "Colour" can offer Red/Blue/Black), while text/number/date capture free or typed values and a checkbox captures a boolean. Choosing the right type makes the attribute behave correctly in forms and, where applicable, in filtering — a dropdown gives a controlled vocabulary, a number supports ranges, a date supports temporal data. The same set of types is also what the custom-field system offers, keeping the two consistent.