Project Reporter Help: Using custom fields

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Using custom fields

As of Version 3.0, Project Reporter no longer supports using different aliases for a custom field (Text1, Flag1, etc.) in different projects — it assumes that if you use custom fields, you give them the same label in all projects.

When editing Views in Project Reporter's administration interface, you can specify aliases for any custom fields displayed in views (as well as non-custom fields); but the same alias will be displayed for all projects.

Note: If you wish to use project-level custom fields, you should note the following tips:

To enter values for a custom field such as Text1 at the project level in Microsoft Project, you must turn on the Show project summary task option on the View tab of the Options dialog, and enter the custom field values for the project summary task (the task with ID 0).
In Project Reporter, project-level custom fields can be displayed in Project views (on the Project Portfolio report page) by simply adding them to the appropriate views.
However, to view project-level custom field values in Task views (in reports for an individual project), you must turn on Project Reporter's Show project summary task option in the Preferences section of the administration interface.