Resource Group Custom Field

Resource Group

Resource Group custom field shows the group to which the assigned resource belongs. For example, you may have Marketing, Project Manager, IT-Department, etc.

You can use Resource Group custom field when you need to view, edit, sort or filter the tasks by different resource groups.

To create custom filed Resource Group please follow the steps below:

1. Go to: Tools/Custom fields and press "Ins" button

2. in "Title" field enter "Resource Group"

3. in "Code" field enter "cf_resource_group"

4. in "Type" field select "List" and click "Add" button

5. in Edit List item field select the value number "1", enter the name of resource group in "Title" field, for example, Project Manager and click "Ok" button

6. Click "Add" button again, select the value number "2", enter the name of the second resource group in "Title" field, for example, Marketing and click "Ok" button

7. to display the value of custom field Resource Group on Task List or Task Tree please go to Task List or Task Tree, click Task List Columns or Task Tree Columns button   and check the custom field "Resource Group"

8. to select the values for custom field Resource Group please do the following:

• Open a task and go to Custom Fields tab

• Select the values from drop-down list for custom field Resource Group and click "Ok" button.