The Enterprise Duration1 through Enterprise Duration10 fields can store any custom task, resource, or assignment duration information as defined by your project management administrator or other user with administrative permissions. These fields are then made available to all users throughout the organization.
There are several categories of Enterprise Duration1-10 fields.
Data Type Duration
Enterprise Duration1-10 (task fields)
Entry Type Calculated or Entered
How Calculated Depending on how they were customized, the Enterprise Duration fields might be defined with formulas or other conditions to display specific results.
Best Uses You can add any defined and available Enterprise Duration fields to a task view; you can also see a list of available enterprise custom task fields, in the Task Information dialog box.
Example You are the project management administrator, and you've received requests from project managers for custom duration fields to track the longest and shortest estimated durations for tasks. Using the checked-out enterprise global template, you define the Enterprise Duration1 and Enterprise Duration2 fields for this purpose. You then check the enterprise global template in again to make the new fields available to all users.
You are a project manager, and you see that there are two new enterprise duration fields available: "Longest Estimated" is defined for the Enterprise Duration1 field, and "Shortest Estimated" is defined for the Enterprise Duration2 field. You add these fields to the Gantt Chart.
Remarks Only someone with permission to save the enterprise global template (for example, your project management administrator) can check out and edit items in the enterprise global template. All users throughout the organization can then view enterprise fields that have been defined and checked in.
Enterprise Duration1-10 (resource fields)
Entry Type Calculated or Entered
How Calculated Depending on how they were customized, the Enterprise Duration fields might be defined with formulas or other conditions to display specific results.
Best Uses You can add any defined and available Enterprise Duration field to a resource view; you can also see a list of available enterprise custom resource fields, in the Resource Information dialog box.
Example You are the project management administrator, and you've received requests from project managers for a custom duration field to show total rolled-up durations for all assignments. Using the checked-out enterprise global template, you define Enterprise Duration1 for this purpose. You then check the enterprise global template in again to make the new field available to all users.
You are a project manager, and you see that there is a new enterprise duration field available: "Total Duration" is defined for the Enterprise Duration1 field. You add this field to the Resource Sheet and use it to see your list of resources in the context of their shortest and longest durations on your project.
Remarks Only someone with permission to save the enterprise global template (for example, your project management administrator) can check out and edit items in the enterprise global template. All users throughout the organization can then view enterprise fields that have been defined and checked in.
Enterprise Duration1-10 (assignment fields)
Entry Type Calculated or Entered
How Calculated Depending on how they were customized, the Enterprise Duration fields might be defined with formulas or other conditions to display specific results.
Best Uses You can add any defined and available Enterprise Duration field to the sheet portion of the Task Usage or Resource Usage view.
Example You are the project management administrator, and you've received requests from project managers for custom duration fields to track the longest and shortest estimated durations for assignments. Using the checked-out enterprise global template, you define the Enterprise Duration1 and Enterprise Duration2 fields for this purpose. You then check the enterprise global template in again to make the new fields available to all users.
You are a project manager, and you see that there are two new Enterprise Duration fields available: "Longest Estimated" is defined for the Enterprise Duration1 field, and "Shortest Estimated" is defined for the Enterprise Duration2 field. You add these fields to the Task Usage view.
Remarks Only someone with permission to save the enterprise global template (for example, the project management administrator) can check out and edit items in the enterprise global template. All users throughout the enterprise can then view Enterprise fields that have been defined and checked in.
