# How to add field object to existing site.yml

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v5\
**Created:** [May 23, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426 "2026-05-23T22:55:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr\_datsun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mr\_datsun](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mr_datsun)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426/1 "2026-05-23T22:55:34Z")

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How do I add these field objects to the site yml (below). When I try it breaks the panel. I’m trying to create some global data sets to share across the site. Kirby 5

```auto
  fields:
    CD1:
      type: object
      fields:
        uk:
          type: Number
        europe:
          type: Number
        restofworld:
          type: Number

     CD2:
      type: object
      fields:
        uk:
          type: Number
        europe:
          type: Number
        restofworld:
          type: Number

     CD3:
      type: object
      fields:
        uk:
          type: Number
        europe:
          type: Number
        restofworld:
          type: Number

      CD4:
        type: object
        fields:
          uk:
            type: Number
          europe:
            type: Number
          restofworld:
            type: Number

      LP:
        type: object
        fields:
          uk:
            type: Number
          europe:
            type: Number
          restofworld:
            type: Number

```

```auto
# The `site.yml` blueprint defines the look of the start page (Dashboard) of the Panel.

# The site blueprint usually provides easy access to all main pages of the site.
# In this example blueprint, we also show subpages of the `photography` and `notes` pages.
# More about the site blueprint: https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/panel/blueprints/site

# The layout of this form has two columns:
columns:
  # The first column has one section for the subpages of the `photography` page in card layout
  # It reuses the pages section defined in `/site/blueprints/sections/albums.yml`
  - width: 1/2
    sections:
      albums: sections/albums

```

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**Author:** ![mr\_datsun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mr\_datsun](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mr_datsun)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426/2 "2026-05-24T05:28:49Z")

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trying to do it simply. I added a single field to the existing site.xml, under a fields section.

And all I see under the image albums is ‘No fields yet’

My code:

```auto
columns:
  - width: 1/2
    sections:
      albums: sections/albums
      fields:
        field:
          title1:
            type: text

```

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**Author:** ![mr\_datsun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mr\_datsun](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mr_datsun)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426/3 "2026-05-24T16:18:18Z")

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I guess this cannot be done, so I have switched to adding my global field data to the home page panel. There it can be edited by the end-user, and then fetched by any page.

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**Author:** ![thguenther](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/thguenther/32/16708_2.png) [@thguenther](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/thguenther)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426/4 "2026-05-26T09:09:49Z")

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Yes, you can of course add global fields in your `site.yml`. The “No fields yet” message you’re seeing is Kirby’s placeholder when a fields section comes up empty, in your case because the key is `field:` instead of `fields:`.

When you want to combine other sections (like `albums`) with fields, put them into a fields section’s `fields`:

```yml
columns:
  - width: 1/2
    sections:
      albums: sections/albums
      # your fields section
      my_fields:
        type: fields
        fields:
          # your field
          my_text:
            type: text

```

There’s also a shorthand for when you’re not trying to combine sections (the album) with fields:

```yml
columns:
  - width: 1/2
    fields:
      # your field
      my_text:
        type: text

```

Or even shorter when you’re not using columns:

```yml
fields:
  # your field
  my_text:
    type: text

```

Yes, that’s the full `site.yml`.

And one more small issue: field type names are lowercase (`type: number`, not `type: Number`).

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**Author:** ![mr\_datsun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mr\_datsun](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/mr_datsun)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/how-to-add-field-object-to-existing-site-yml/35426/5 "2026-05-26T11:26:44Z")

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Many thanks! I’m still learning this stuff.