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Add Field Names to Views

Use the Layout tab on the View Definition dialog box to assign a field name to a view. The fields that are displayed in bold are those that are available for you to add to the view. When you click on an unavailable field or folder, the Add Fields Feedback status bar at the bottom of the View Definition dialog box provides an explanation. Additionally, in cases where you can drag a field name onto a cell, when a cell is selected, fields allowed in that location display in bold text.

The Information folder displays a list of all of the available fields you can add to views. You can choose from the following groups of field names:

Project folder

This folder contains project-specific field names.

Task Detail folder

This folder contains field names that comprise the body of the view; they displayed in the task detail pane.

Note: Column headings are automatically entered when you add the Task and Resource Detail field names to the grid. You can change a heading name by editing it in the column.

Resource Detail folder

This folder contains resource-specific field names and summary information by resource that displays in the resource detail pane or the task detail pane.

Highlight Information folder

This folder contains highlighting options that you can use to highlight field names used in a view.

To add a field name to a view

1. Select Manage Library from the View group in the Project ribbon.

   The View library dialog opens.

2. Select the view from the library dialog and press Edit.

   The Layout tab on the View Definition dialog box opens.

3. In the list on the left side of the dialog box, double-click a field name icon.

   The list expands to display folders that categorize and contain available field names.

4. Do one of the following:
   • Select field names and drag them onto cells in the grid.
   • Enter a field name in a grid cell. The field name must be preceded by “=”.
   • Place the cursor in a cell, and double-click a field name.
   • Place the cursor in a cell, and then select a field name and press the Insert key on your keyboard.

   Note: When you add a field to a blank column, a new column automatically appears to the right of that column.

5. Click OK.

   The View Definition dialog box closes.