Use the User Defined Fields dialog box to add an unlimited number of custom fields and values to the project database. Some examples of user defined fields are purchase order numbers, delivery dates, drawing numbers, profit, variances, and revised budgets.
Select Subject Area: Select the area of the product where you want to use this field, such as projects or resources.
Title: Enter a name for the user defined field.
Data Type: Specify whether the values associated with the user defined field are numbers, text, or dates. The data type you select determines the type of data you can specify for the item. For example, if you select Start or End Date as the data type, you can only enter dates as values for the field.
Add: Click to add a new user defined field.
Delete: Click to delete the selected user defined field.
Notes
- The maximum size of user defined text fields is 255 characters.
- Only users with security privileges to edit user-defined fields can add, modify, or delete user-defined fields. Users that do not have access rights to edit user-defined fields can still view them in the User Defined Fields dialog box.