Add custom columns to an enterprise task, phase 1

Important

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

Business value

The set of columns that are visible currently in Microsoft Project for the web is limited to the default set. With the release of enterprise task custom columns (ETCC), you'll be able to add custom columns to this view. This change allows project managers to directly see additional information about the task without having to change context 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. You first 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. Once the column is added to the Project tasks table, there will be a new menu inside the Project for the web iframe where you then can add this column to the grid view. Data is then pulled from Dataverse into Project for the web and displayed.

This is the first phase of ETCC, and only supports a read-only view inside Project for the web. Updates to the custom column must be made via the project tasks in Project Operations or directly in Dataverse. Changes in data will be refreshed whenever a user reloads the Project for the web iframe. Future phases of this feature will support additional column types and the ability to update data directly from Project for the web.