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Anil_kumar
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Mar 05, 2022
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How to Call custom fields using OData in Project online/Power automate?

for ex:
https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/_api/ProjectData/Projects()?$Select=ProjectName,ProjectOwnerName
if you type the above command in browser it will show list of all projects with some data.
I had created a custom filed: entity is project, type is text, custom filed name is 2024.When i am trying to call this filed using this syntax. I am getting this error
 
https://companyname.sharepoint.com/sites/pwa/_api/ProjectData/Projects()?$Select=ProjectName,2024
 
<m:code/>
<m:message xml:lang="en-US">An identifier was expected at position 12.</m:message>
</m:error>
 
How to get the 2024 custom filed data using that odata syntax?
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  • Paul_Mather's avatar
    Paul_Mather
    Mar 05, 2022

    Hello Anil_kumar ,

    Try {pwaUrl}/_api/ProjectData/Projects()?$select=ProjectName,_x0032_024 - the first number is encoded. If you are unsure of the properties to use in any endpoint, use the metadata endpoint the check {pwaUrl}/_api/ProjectData/$metadata

    Paul

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    Paul_Mather
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    Mar 05, 2022

    Hello Anil_kumar ,

    Try {pwaUrl}/_api/ProjectData/Projects()?$select=ProjectName,_x0032_024 - the first number is encoded. If you are unsure of the properties to use in any endpoint, use the metadata endpoint the check {pwaUrl}/_api/ProjectData/$metadata

    Paul

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      canguclu
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 05, 2025

      Hi Paul_Mather​, I am trying to query a custom text field from a project file that resides in MS Project online (Text29 column), however I am not sure how to use these endpoints nor check for them in the metada link you have provided. I was wondering if querying a custom text field possible, and if so what would be the steps?

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