Project; Bugs, Problems, and Issues - Unique ID

Chuck_Pollard 

Perhaps I misread your intent. What I said, (in essence), is if the Unique ID field in each subproject is replicated in a custom field (e.g. Text1) then that number when viewed at master level will be repeated for each subproject as shown here:

But what I think you are saying is how can I get the Unique ID value shown at master level to appear at subproject level. The answer to that is, it requires VBA to translate the master level Unique ID back to each subproject. It cannot be done with a custom field.

I should also add that it is very easy to create a custom Text field in each subproject that concatenates the file name with the unique id. For example,

Text1 = [Project] & " - " & [Unique ID}

However you mentioned the possibility of multiple instances of the task "Open Quigley Door". My response to that is, there should never more than one task with the same description. Every task should be unique. If a SIMILAR task appears in more than one project then it is good practice to preface that task description with the project name or other identifier so it is still unique in the case where it may be viewed with other similar project tasks in a master file. Okay, so you want to use the master file Unique ID for that "other identifier". See paragraph above.

John