Allow custom fields
under review
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John Hunt
Allow "Advanced" users to define custom fields for tasks and to define who can update their values (security restrictions, similar to the 'update own percentage' permission). Custom fields would be valid across all projects, not per project (otherwise you'll get into trouble trying to show all these with multiple projects on the Gantt chart - not worth the potential complications).
Each custom field would have a field name and a data type. I recommend the following custom-field data types:
- datetime fields (representing a specific point in time)
- duration fields (floating-point field with associated duration units of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months or years)
- text
- number (integer and/or floating-point)
- choice list (the list entries are defined when the field is defined)
Regarding permissions: "Advanced users" (who are allowed to create new projects) should be allowed to create such custom fields, which then are available on all tasks in all projects. Within each project, users with rights to invite new project-users should be allowed to defined whether the project users can update custom fields or merely view them.
Each user who can view the Gantt should have the option of displaying the custom fields as columns on the left (like % complete). It should be possible to filter on these fields (e.g. 'show only tasks); active filters on custom fields would be ANDed with other filters such as the assigned resources.
This would also cover many other feature requests you will get later anyway, e.g. the ability to store Estimated Time and Time Spent for each task - these would just be two custom duration fields; or the ability to create task status categories such as 'paused', 'approved', etc.; or categories indicating which department is responsible for the task.
Custom fields of course need to be imported/exported when the Gantt is imported/exported.
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Kelsey Ingerto
under review
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Kelsey Ingerto
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Tim Macchi
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Tim Macchi
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Quanity column
Annette Early
I need to have a column that has quantity that I can fill in per task. I track and schedule retouching request and the # of images per day, per season, per year need to be calculated per business unit. It's also a great visual to see when I'm assigning task not only hours the quantity of images to be retouched.
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Tim Macchi
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Tim Macchi
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Kelsey Ingerto
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Tim Macchi
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Tim Macchi
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Add one or more "custom columns" on the Gantt and List views
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Alejandro Anaya
Sometimes we want to keep track of a specific resource or activity. Being able to add a custom fields to the database will allow us to store and display this information in an organized/"neat" fashion.
Thanks!!
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Tim Macchi
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Custom Fields and Client Contacts
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Admin
It would be great to be able to create custom fields under projects and globally to allow for adding Customers Purchase Orders and also the ablity to allocate the project to a Client. At the moment a schedule only displays the project name and task, so in this field all you are able to put is the address of the project and resources have no idea who the actual project is for. The gantt capabilities is great compared to others, however lacks the ability to add more details at project setting page.
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