Custom Field not showing up when creating a new View

[Brad Harris]

MSP2K7 w Hotfixes.
I have added Enterprise Custom fields in the past and they have showed up
when I create new views however I am confused on what exactly the entity part
of a custom field is and how the Entity type affects the selectable list of
Fields to add to a view. I created a enterprise custom field called
Stage_Gate a while ago and added it as a field in the Enterprise Gant. It
shows up fine and PM's populate it. Now I want to create a view and add the
Enterprise Custom Field in the View however, it does not show up in the
selectable field list........I don't see any Entity Task type fields in the
selection list. I see Entity Project types. Can someone explain why I do not
see the Enterprise Custom Field in the Selectable fields when creating a view?

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi Brad,
You don't specifiy whether this is a project or task enterprise custom field
(the entity). If it is at a project level, then it can be set in the Project
Information dialogue box in Project Pro, and then is available in the Project
Centre views.

If it is a task field, then you can add the field to a project view. Within
PWA, it is then available in the project (detail) views.

HTH

 

[Brad Harris]

Ben,
The Enterprise Custom Field is Stage_Gate
The Entity is Task
The Type is Text
I read in the book where you can select the type of field types you want to
select from when creating a view, however, the selection buttons show up when
creating a custom view and view type of Project Type. When I select a view
type of Project Center, the radio buttons for the field tyoes go away.
Brad

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi Brad, enterprise task fields are not available in the project center
views, only the project views. Only enterprise Project fields are available
in the Project Center views. You cannot show enterprise project fields in
project views, and you cannot show enterprise task fields in Project Center
views.

HTH
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[Brad Harris]

Thanks, I got it!!

When Creating a Project View, I like the look of the Task view, however, I
need to get the thr resource name and assignment owner or status manager in
the same view. Those feilds do not show up under tasks, only under
assigments or resources. Any ideas?