# Field Validators

Field validators allow you to configure custom validation in a form where input entered by users for that form is validated against your own datasets.

Field validators require you to have an existing [dataset](/databanks/creating-datasets.md) to validate values against.

To create a field validator:

* Go to the form builder and click on the [settings icon](/managing-services/managing-forms/using-the-form-builder.md#field-settings) for the field you want to edit.
* Click on the validation settings tab.
* Click on the "Add Custom Validator" button

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* The Custom Field Validator form appears

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* Provide a name for the validator
* Create or select a [dataset connection](/databanks/using-datasets.md#read-dataset-connection)
* Choose a lookup column for the validator. The lookup column is the field in the dataset that the form field value will be compared against.

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* Provide a custom error message to be displayed to the user when the validation fails.
* Click on the save button.
* You can add as many validators as you require. This ensures you can validate that a user provided value on the form is present in multiple datasets.


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