Difference Between Customizing an Enterprise Field (Task/Text) vs. Field (Task/Text)

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Rachel

Does anyone know the difference between customizing an enterprise field vs a field? I'm new to MS Project Server and need to set up all the projects for a company I just joined and don't want to set up the wrong kind of field and have it cause problems

I basically need a column with a drop down list with the values "qualified", "nonqualified" both. Does it matter what kind of column I customize or is it better in this case to use one or the other?
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Rachel --

A custom enterprise field is meant for use across your organization. It is
created in the Enterprise Global file by your Project Server administrator.
If you wish every project manager to be able to select a "qualified" or
"nonqualified" value from a custom field in every project, then you should
use a custom enterprise field.

Custom fields, on the other hand, are meant for personal use. They can be
created by each individual user and are stored in the user's Global.mpt file
on their hard drive. Hope this helps.




Rachel said:
Does anyone know the difference between customizing an enterprise field vs
a field? I'm new to MS Project Server and need to set up all the projects
for a company I just joined and don't want to set up the wrong kind of field
and have it cause problems.
I basically need a column with a drop down list with the values
"qualified", "nonqualified" both. Does it matter what kind of column I
customize or is it better in this case to use one or the other?
 
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Dave

This question is for Dale

Dale, have you noticed that custom enterprise fields that were created in the Enterprise Globle Template also tends to appear in PWA Project Center >>> Edit Project Details web page.

Do you know any way of getting rid of these field in this web page as if you create too many of them this tend clutter the page. Also enterprise text fields can hold only 255 characters. Is there a way of changing them to a memo field (which can hold more than 255 ch)

Appreciate your views on this

Regards

Dave
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Dave --

The reason that custom enterprise Project fields appear on the Edit Project
Details page of the Project Center is because they are supposed to appear
there. There is no way to hide these fields, although not everyone may have
permission to edit them. So, you will have to live with their presence
there. Sorry.




Dave said:
This question is for Dale

Dale, have you noticed that custom enterprise fields that were created in
the Enterprise Globle Template also tends to appear in PWA Project Center
Do you know any way of getting rid of these field in this web page as if
you create too many of them this tend clutter the page. Also enterprise text
fields can hold only 255 characters. Is there a way of changing them to a
memo field (which can hold more than 255 ch)
 

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