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title: "How to Incorporate and Showcase New Fields for Connection"
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# How to Incorporate and Showcase New Fields for Connection

In Dynamics 365, the **Connection** functionality enables you to articulate the associations between records across different entities.

In this sample scenario, we are employing a Connection to associate *Opportunities* with *Contacts*, where the Contact contains the signer's details.

To provide more information about your signer you can add new fields to the Connection. In this example we will be adding an **Authentication Method** and a **Signing Order**.

This procedure involves the following steps:

- [Adding new fields to a connection](/v1/docs/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnectiondoc#adding-new-fields-to-a-connection)
- [Designing a layout for your Connection](/v1/docs/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnectiondoc#designing-a-layout-for-your-connection)
- [Configuring a view for your Connection](/v1/docs/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnectiondoc#configuring-a-view-for-your-connection)

#### Adding new fields to a connection

To add new fields to a Connection:

1. Navigate to **Settings > Advanced Settings > Customizations > Customize the system**. The Power App page appears.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-2p0btvwu.png)
2. In the left sidebar, expand the **Entities** menu and click **Connection**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-2sn61e2a.png)
3. Click the **Fields** tab and then **New**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-q4jrz7sq.png)
4. Enter details for the new field.
5. Click **Publish**.

#### Designing a layout for your Connection

To design a layout for your Connection:

1. Create a layout for Connection details by clicking the **Forms** tab.
2. Click **New**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-0gl8zbjz.png)
3. Customize the layout of the Connection by dragging fields from the right side to where you would like them to be.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/image(180).png)
4. Click **Publish**.

#### Configuring a view for your Connection

To configure the view for the Connection:

1. Set Up View for the Connection List by clicking **View**, then double-clicking on one of the views listed. For example, *Active Connection Associated View.*"

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-syw7wkef.png)
2. Configure how the Connections list is displayed in your customized Opportunity. For example, you can click **Add Columns** to include new fields.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-yuo1qfo3.png)
3. Click **Publish**.

#### Results

Once you have done this, you will see the Connections list in your Opportunity, in this example with the two customized fields, *Authentication Method* and *Signing Order*, as depicted below:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-nycj76dw.png)

You can also edit these fields by editing a Connection, as shown below:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/038f59a7-abd0-4c14-9de7-3434d28b49fd/Images/Documentation/howtoaddanddisplaynewfieldsforconnection.doc-image-245vgloc.png)