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Multiple lines of text Custom Field in Project Online
Ximo can you not use the _api/ProjectData API to get the multiline field as this API as the HTML stripped our already?
Paul
Hi Paul_Mather, totally agree, the problem with the simple text field is that the URL length is trimmed when the project name is long, because of that we wanted to check with Multiple lines of text custom field.
On top of that, we are using the modern SharePoint sites and the Copy Link feature does not shorten the URL either...Hello Ximo ,
Those fields John mentioned are MS Project fields, these are no in PWA. Could you just put a URL into the document library as that URL is possibly shorter?
Paul
Hi Paul_Mather, we use the "document link" Project custom field in the PDP to compose the approval task via SP2013 PWA Workflow (managing the stages) in a list. The value has been manually copied from the Project Documents library and pasted in the PDP.
When the SP2013 PWA Workflow creates the task in the list, Power Automate sends an email with a link to the specific document under approval and the approve/reject buttons. This way they do not need to access the list of tasks and is easier to approve the document.
Once the user clicks the approve/reject buttons in the Power Automate generated email, the same Power Automate updates the task with the outcome.
A link to the document library as that URL would force the approver to find out what document in the library is the one we are approving, while a link to the specific document is directly opening in the email.
Ximo
- Ximo,
I'm not sure of the availability of these fields in Project Online but have you tried the Hyperlink, Hyperlink Address, Hyperlink Href or Hyperlink SubAddress fields? They are specifically designed for URL addresses.
JohnThank you John-project,
I guess you are referring to column types in a SPO List, I wish it was that easy, unfortunately this is a Custom Field in Project Online, here there are no Hyperlink types as in SPO.
