Modifying Look up list in enterprise fields

[Raj]

If Look up values of enterprise fields are updated, will the updated table /
list be available to all existing projects as well, or only to new projects.

Thx
Rajanish

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi Raj,

New fields are available for all projects.

 

[Raj]

Ben,

Thanks for your quick reply. I presume this implies that if in an existing
enterprise custom field, the look up values are changed the new values too
will be available to all the projects.

Thx in advance

Rajanish

 

[Andrew Lavinsky]

Just note that the values in the fields are linked by a GUID to the project.
What that means is that if I change an existing value in a lookup table,
all projects will take on that value.

Example:

Colors:
Red
Blue
Green

Changes to....(by typing "Pink" over "Green")

Colors:
Red
Blue
Pink

All of the projects that had been set to Green will automatically be set
to Pink. Alternatively, you can add new options, or delete old ones and
then add new ones - and that won't change the existing data on projects.

This may either be an annoyance or a benefit of how the system works depending
on what you're trying to do. All projects can take advantage of the new
field values after you change them.


- Andrew Lavinsky
Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm

 

[Raj]

Andrew,

Thanks for your answer. This was really helpful.

- rajanish