Field functionality

Which controls appear on a given field is set on your report template, in the Display settings for the item that reports on it. Not every field exposes every control. See Editing your report template.

Required and optional fields

A field marked Required shows that label in the field header. A required field with no value blocks report generation. Required fields are always expanded and cannot be hidden.

Optional fields use a visibility toggle. Toggle on to expand the field and enter a value; toggle off to collapse it and skip it.

The information icon beside the toggle explains why the field is in its current state. On most fields that reads:

• Not detected when Curia did not find the field in the contract.
• Included by default. when the field is on and Curia detected it.
• Manually shown. Not originally detected in the contract. when you have turned on a field Curia did not detect.
• Manually hidden. Originally detected in the contract. when you have turned off a field Curia did detect.

Some fields replace these with an explanation of their own. Clause entries, dealings and notations, for example, say Account default visibility.

The options rows

A field’s options are labelled rows: Page, Reference, Image, Risk, Comment, Advice, Amendment and Recommendation. Which of them a field has depends on its configuration.

A row that holds something stays on screen, so you can read a field’s page, comment and advice without opening anything. Empty rows and the controls that change a row are revealed when you open the field’s options, either by hovering the card or by clicking the button at the bottom of it. That button names how many empty rows are waiting, for example Show 3 additional options, or reads Show options when none are empty. It becomes Hide options once open. Only one field’s options are open at a time.

Page

The page number ties the field to a location in the contract PDF. Curia sets it from the contract where it can.

When a page number is set:

• A Jump to page link sits beside it, which takes the PDF viewer straight to that page.
• The page is included in amendment requests sent to the vendor’s solicitor, as a reference reading “(Page 12)”, alongside the clause or location reference where one is stored.
• The page appears in your report under its Location heading, if the template item has its Page number setting on. It helps the client find the clause.

To set the page, scroll the PDF viewer to the page you want, then click Set to current page, which names the page the viewer is showing. That control appears only while the row is empty, so to change a page already set, clear it with the bin icon first.

Reference

Reference records where in the document the finding came from when a page number is not enough: a clause number, a section heading, an annexure. Click the row to type, then click away to save or press Escape to cancel. Use the bin icon to remove it.

Image

Attach images to a field for screenshots, diagrams or photos that support the entry. Click Capture & edit page 7 image, which names the page currently shown in the PDF viewer, to capture it. Click or upload an image to take one from your computer instead. Edit opens any image in the editor for cropping, annotation and highlights, and images can be dragged into a different order. See Managing images for the full image workflow.

Risk

Risk is a badge you click to cycle through Normal, Medium and High. A Medium or High risk prints in the report under a Risk heading, if the template item has its Risk rating setting on. Use the bin icon on the row to clear it back to Normal.

Comment

Comment is free text for notes specific to this contract or client that the standard template content does not cover, for example “The easement is on the western boundary”. Click the row to type, then click away to save or press Escape to cancel. Use the bin icon to remove it.

Advice, Amendment and Recommendation

Advice decides where the field’s wording for the vendor’s solicitor and for your client comes from, and a line beneath it says what that setting is doing on this contract right now. The wording itself sits in the Amendment and Recommendation rows below. Editing either one takes the field off your library rule and hands you the wording as a starting point. For the full walkthrough, see Amendments and questions.

Deleting a field

Some entries can be deleted with the bin icon at the bottom of the field: entries on the Special Conditions tab, custom entries on the Clauses tab, dealings, unregistered dealings and notations inside a title search, and Owners Corporation AGM items. Click the icon, then click Confirm to remove it. Standard fields cannot be deleted; hide them with the visibility toggle instead.

FAQ

Why can I delete some fields but not others?

The entry types listed above carry a bin icon. Standard fields are part of the template and can only be hidden, not removed.

Why don’t I see a Reference or Comment row on this field?

Each control is switched on per item in the Display settings of your report template. If a field does not show Reference or Comment, that item has them turned off. See Editing your report template.

Why can’t I see the bin icons or the empty rows?

They appear once the field’s options are open. Hover the field, or click the button at the bottom of it.

Why is Set to current page showing the wrong page?

It captures the page the PDF viewer is currently showing, and the button names that page. Scroll the viewer to the correct page first, then click it.