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Application Design
Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
Designing fields
A field is the part of an application that collects data. You create fields on forms, subforms, or in layout regions. Each field stores a single type of information. A field's field type defines the kind of information a field accepts, such as text, numbers, dates, or names. When a user, either in a Notes® client or a Web browser, creates a form, fills out the information in the fields, and saves the form, the data in the fields is stored in an individual document. The contents of the fields can then be displayed in documents and views or can be retrieved for use in formulas. A field can be used on a single form, or you can create shared fields for use in multiple forms in a database.
Creating fields that inherit values
To Inherit information in a response hierarchy

To Inherit information in a response hierarchy

If you have set up a response hierarchy, a response can automatically inherit the subject of the main topic with added text that distinguishes it from the original subject line. For example, if a user creates a main topic with the subject "New Product Ideas," then all subsequent responses will have the subject "Response to New Product Ideas."

Create a field on the main topic form and the response form named Subject.
Make the Subject field on the main topic form editable so that the user can enter the subject.
Make the Subject field on the response form a computed field which uses the formula:
```
"Response to " + Subject
```