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Brass Contributor

Aug 29, 2022

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MS Project can you enter a custom field for a project and not a task...

Hi team Is is possible to have a custom field for a project in MS Project rather than a Task. E.g. if I wanted the project to have a City name associated with it, I don't want to have to have a tas...

Paul_Mather
Aug 29, 2022
Hi James_Price ,

From your question I assume you are referring to standalone MS Project desktop (Project Pro / Project Standard etc.)? If that is the case, Project level custom fields are only available when Project is connected to Project Server / Project Online. All you can do at the project / file level with standalone MS Project is add properties to the file (File > Info > Project Information > Advanced Properties).

Hope that helps

Paul

Paul_Mather

MVP

Aug 29, 2022

Hi James_Price ,

From your question I assume you are referring to standalone MS Project desktop (Project Pro / Project Standard etc.)? If that is the case, Project level custom fields are only available when Project is connected to Project Server / Project Online. All you can do at the project / file level with standalone MS Project is add properties to the file (File > Info > Project Information > Advanced Properties).

Hope that helps

Paul

James_Price
Brass Contributor
Aug 29, 2022
I thought so Paul but thanks for the confirmation. In this case we can't use cloud but I had forgotten that Project Server could be an option. Thanks again
- Paul_Mather
  MVP
  Aug 30, 2022
  Hi James_Price,
  
  No problem. If you're looking at Project Server, the latest version is the Project Server Subscription Editon: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/project/new-features-capabilities-project-server-subscription-edition
  
  Paul
  - James_Price
    Brass Contributor
    Aug 31, 2022
    Thanks for that Paul.
    James