If you were storing someone’s birthday, then “Date” would be a better choice. If the date pertains to a start date, “Start” is a better choice than “Date” because it more accurately reflects the underlying purpose of the date. If you were to store a date, the “Start”, “Finish”, and “Date” fields are good candidates. It is best to select a type that fits the purpose and characteristics of the data being stored. In the Custom Fields dialog box, in the upper right corner, select the Type dropdown and select the appropriate field type.
To create new fields to store start and finish dates, select the Project tab and navigate to the Properties group and select Custom Fields. What follows is an example of utilizing custom fields to track start and finish dates as well as creating a custom field with a formula to calculate the duration. MS Project has fields called “Start” and “Finish” to help track task duration, but users may wish to track durations with greater granularity and with more descriptive titles. Imagine tracking the length of time it takes to develop a prototype, train an employee, or process an order. MS Project contains generic fields for storing text, numbers, dates, flags, costs, etc… Users have the ability to add fields to the database by leveraging pre-loaded, generic, empty fields. With just a small amount of data input, the user can produce mountains of useful analysis.īecause MS Project shares many characteristics of a traditional database, users can take advantage of a myriad of pre-loaded database fields for storing information but not every possible field for every possible need is supplied with the default setup. Microsoft Project packs more “bang for the buck” than most any other Microsoft Office application.
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