Custom Field: My Tasks vs Project Center/Assignment Details vs Pro

[GregR]

I've created a Enterprise Custom Field. It is based on a look-up table that
I've created. I've tried with both Roll down selected and not selected.

I've added this custom field to all views talked about below.

If the user goes to My Tasks and goes to the custom fields column, they can
select a value from the list. Shows up great.

If I go to Project Center and open that project up, the field has nothing in
it.

If I open the project in MS project and insert the column (already have it
as a enterprise field), the column has nothing in it.

If I update the MS project column with one of the values and publish, when I
go back to project center, the column for that task now has the field that
was selected in MS project. If I then go back to My Tasks, it has the
original value that was selected (different than in the value in MS Project
and Project Center). If I re-open it in project, it has what was entered in
project (different than what is in My Tasks).

it looks to me like it's ending up as two different fields - I am probably
just missing something here... I need to be able to see what team members are
selecting at the My Tasks level, on a Enterprise Field for a task. I'd like
to see that value via Project Center, and MS Project. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
-Greg

 

[Gary Chefetz]

Greg:

When you're looking at the My Tasks page, you're looking at the value stored
for the assignment. When you look in Project in a Gantt char view, you're
looking at the value stored at the task-level. Does this help make sense of
it?

 

[GregR]

Yeah, I figured it was something like that.

So how can I have a team member enter a value at the assignment level (My
Tasks) that I, as the manager, can see? Or how can I let a team member
enter a value at the task level for one of their tasks?

Thanks!
-Greg

 

[Gary Chefetz]

Greg:

To see the assignment values, you need to apply a view in Project, that
shows assignment-level detail. The two views of interest would be Resource
Usage and Task Usage. Team members will always be entering a value at the
assignment level in the My Tasks view.

 

[GregR]

Yeah, I figured it might be one of the assignment-level views, based on the
above response.

When I go to any of the ones available at the project (including resource
and task), same thing - the field doesn't match what is entered on My Tasks.
As a matter of face, the "resource usage" view doesn't even allow me to add
the enterprise field (not on the list to add to the view)>

Any other ideas? I can just not use Enterprise fields, but we'll end up
having to do some more work organizing by hand then..

Thanks,
-Greg

 

[GregR]

Any other suggestions?

Again, if I enter a value at My Task (assignment level), and then go to
Assignment Summary, the value isn't there when I add the column (and I can
change at that level in project, and it doesn't go back to the assignment).
I have found no way in Project to see what the team member entered.

-Greg