Customized Fields in Enterprize Global

[Forrest]

I was using one of my projects to try out a Custom Field to make sure it was
working correctly. Once that was done I checked out my Enterprise Global,
then went back to the local project and opened the Organizer to copy the
Field into the Ent. Global. I got an error message that said, "Only
Enterprise Fields are customized and stored in the ent. global. Use Import
Custom Field or Import Outline Code to import definitions into the ent.
global."

Then I tried this by just checking out the ent. global and importing the
formula from the custom field in the local project but got another error
message..."The formula cannot be saved because it refers to a non-enterprise
custom field."

Then I tried to just check out the Ent. Global an create the Custom Field
directly instead of copying it. The Tools-->Customize-->Fields.. was grayed
out not allowing me to even make a Custom Field in the Enterprise Global.

I'm just trying to use a simple formula to show me a duration in days by
subtracting one date from another. ( Finish - Date1 )

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Forrest --

In the future, please post your Project Server questions in the
microsoft.public.project.server newsgroup, as this newsgroup is devoted to
the Microsoft Project desktop application only. To answer your question, it
sounds like you are using Project Server 2007. If that is indeed the case,
then you do not create custom enterprise fields in the Enterprise Global
file. Instead, you can do one of two things:

1. Launch your Internet Explorer browser and navigate to the Project Web
Access home page. Click Server Settings and then click the Enterprise
Custom Field Definition link in the Enterprise Data section of the page.
Create the new custom enterprise field using the PWA interface.

2. Launch Project Professional 2007 and then open the project containing
the custom field. Click Tools - Customize - Fields. If the custom field
you created is a Task or Resource field, select it and then click the Add
Field to Enterprise button and complete the steps required.

Hope this helps.

 

[Forrest]

Thanks Dale for setting me straight on where to post my question, I was sure.
Also I failed to say I am using Project Server 2003 not 2007
Sorry I should have specified.