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Add Field Names on Views

Field names are the building blocks of views, sorts, filters, and highlights. They represent either distinct data fields or calculated values that are used in Open Workbench. When you add field names to a view definition, you define the project data that is displayed in the view and how the view is constructed.

Field names are listed by category on the left side of the Layout, Sort, and Filter tabs on the View Definition dialog, and on the left side of the Sort Definition, Filter Definition, View Highlights, and Find dialog. Icons appearing on the list match rows on the grids of each dialog. In many cases, when you open a folder you can match field names to their section on the grid.

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

The following information folders display a list of all of the available fields you can add to views:

Task Information

Contains field names that comprise the body of the view; they are 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 Information

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

Project Information

Contains project-specific field names.

Highlight Information

Contains highlighting options that you can use to highlight field names used in a view.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the Project ribbon.
2. Click Manage Library in the View group.
3. Select the view from the Libraries dialog and click Edit.
4. Double-click the information folders to display the field names.
5. Complete one of the following steps:
   • 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.

6. Click OK.