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Add custom columns to an enterprise task, phase 1

Enabled for Public preview General availability
Users, automatically - Dec 20, 2024

Business value

The columns you see in Microsoft Project for the web are limited to the default set. When enterprise task custom columns (ETCC) are available, you can add custom columns to this view. With this change, project managers can see extra information about the task without switching to a different view.

Feature details

Enterprise task custom columns (ETCC) is a feature that lets you add columns from the project tasks table to the grid view in Project for the web. First, you define your new column in Microsoft Dataverse on the Project tasks table. The supported types of columns in this phase of the feature are text, date, and number. When you add the column to the Project tasks table, a new menu appears in the Project for the web iframe. You use this menu to add the column to the grid view. Project for the web pulls data from Dataverse and displays it.

This phase of ETCC supports a read-only view inside Project for the web. To update the custom column, use the project tasks in Project Operations or make updates directly in Dataverse. When a user reloads the Project for the web iframe, changes in data refresh. Future phases of this feature support more column types and the ability to update data directly from Project for the web.

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Additional resources

Add custom columns to the grid view (docs)