As part of a double materiality assessment, custom fields in the IRO (Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities) assessment allow you to tailor your data structure to your organization's specific requirements. The custom fields management tool in the IRO Hub (in the Analysis Version level) enables you to:
- Create new custom fields and define which IRO type (Impacts and/or Risks & Opportunities) the custom field applies to
- Decide which custom fields SMEs can edit during the IRO assessment
- Delete fields that are no longer needed
Important: Custom fields are applied globally across all IROs within a given version. Once IROs have been assigned to a reviewer, the custom fields for that version can no longer be created, deleted, or have their IRO type changed.
Note: This lock applies to the field structure (adding, deleting, and setting the IRO type). It does not affect the values held in each field. Editing custom field values is covered in Editing Custom Fields in the IRO Hub.
Starting Point
If you've uploaded IROs containing custom fields, those fields automatically appear in the Custom Fields management modal as your starting set. From here, you can add new fields or delete existing ones as needed (provided no reviewer assignment has occurred).
How custom fields are ordered
Custom fields are listed in alphabetical order. This order is consistent across all IROs of the same type, so a field appears in the same position on every IRO where it applies.
Creating a new custom field
To add a new custom field:
- Click Add custom field.
- Enter a name for the field.
- Choose the applicable IRO type:
- Risks
- Opportunities
- Impacts
Note: The IRO type selection cannot be changed after the field is created. If you need to change the type, delete the field and create a new one.
Deleting a custom field
Deleting a custom field also deletes all associated values from every related IRO.
Warning: This action is permanent and cannot be undone.
